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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Hamilton's Reopens and the News Catches The Bug
Stacey and I went through town today and noticed that Hamilton's BBQ had
reopened. We decided to eat there since it had been a couple of months
since a fire had caused them to close. We went inside and were greeted
warmly, we mentioned that we had missed them being open. We were told
they had reopened two weekends ago. Norman said he had done almost all
of the reconstruction, but he couldn't do the electrical wiring. There
were new tables, chairs, and several other items that were all new.
Norman had replaced all the windows in the building, put up some new
walls, painted all the existing walls and hung a dropped ceiling. It
looked pretty good considering the place had burnt, but the main thing
was the food was still good.
Several days ago, I posted about a
virus that hit our farm. Well, now the news has began to publish articles
about the disease that hit us. It is known as 'norovirus' or the
'stomach flu'.
"Thousands of people have
shown up in recent weeks, suffering from an intense gastrointestinal
illness. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea are sending people to their
doctors office and the emergency room. And it looks like a norovirus, an
intestinal bug that's contagious, is to blame. The virus is contagious.
You can become infected from eating food contaminated with the virus,
touching a contaminated surface and then putting your hands in your
mouth or having direct contact with an infected person. Fortunately the
norovirus isn't serious in most people. "Patients will get better in 48
hours, though they may still be infectious for another 72 hours after
that." Dr. Conn said. The norovirus is being seen all across the
country."
None of us went to the Emergency Room or
the doctor, although I would have liked to have had some medicine that
would have made me feel better quickly. I didn't think we had the flu
because there wasn't any fever or severe headaches that accompanied the
symptoms we experienced. If this 'bug' passes your way, be prepared to
wear out a path to the bathroom!