Swine Flu

I keep hearing Dad telling people about the trip to Europe he took in September. He keeps talking about staying in a hospital in Greece. He said it was not a very good experience. He had just gotten off a cruise ship in the morning and that evening started feeling very poorly. He was short of breath, had a very bad sore throat, was coughing, and had a fever. He decided he should not wait until the next day to see a doctor, so he and Mom went to a local hospital. Apparently the hospital staff got the impression he might have the swine flu! They kept him in the hospital for 24 hours, just to make sure it wasn't the flu. They never did say exactly what he did have, Mom says her guess is that it was bronchitis.

Mom told me that Dad was in the hospital in Rome when they went there a year and half ago. She told Dad that Hospital Tourism was never going to be popular, and he should just stop trying to stay in hospitals everywhere they go!

Here's what I want to know: Why was he hanging around with little piggies on his trip? If he wanted to be with animals, he should have taken me with him! Or, he could have just stayed home with me and then he never would have gotten sick in the first place. Never heard of dog flu, have you?