Well, I'm afraid it's been a rough week. Dev and I were both very upset by the loss of the puppy, which made this week very sad.

Then, on Tuesday evening, I suddenly came down with a serious case of food poisoning. I'll spare you the details, but it was truly the sickest I have ever been in all my life. In one evening, I lost more than 7 lbs. of body weight (from water loss). I first got sick right at 6pm, when Dev was headed home from work. Around 5am I tried to drink some juice, which set it all off again, so I slept only a few hours.

Dev kindly stayed home from work on Wednesday to take care of me, and by Wednesday night I could eat small quantities of mashed potatoes and apple sauce. Today is Friday in China and I'm feeling much better and eating normal (if bland) foods, though I'm still a little weak from fasting much of the week.

One happy note to end this update: I have a number of agents interested in my novel. I have promised them to have the first draft done by June 1, so I'm keeping busy - at least, now that I'm not sick.