I got a call from my mom while I was at school the other day, saying that they (mom and dad) were going up to Durham, NC. It turns out that an old friend of my parents (practically family) is in the hospital with an unidentifiable disease. It's so bad that he's in IC, they won't let anyone in to see him b/c he could be contagious, and they don't know if he'll make it. This really sucks. We've known these people since we moved to the States. He's like an uncle to me. He can't die. Anyways, my parents called the wife and she told them not to come. She wants them to visit after his surgery. Hopefully it will go well, and he will be better. I feel so bad for all of them. They've been through so much in the past year - they definitely do not deserve this type of pain on top of everything else.