I too wonder where Tom has gone - we miss you! The other day I was in the hospital after my 2 year-old daughter had an allergic reaction to eating a walnut. I thought it was a bit to much to rush her to hospital, but my wife panicked and insisted it could be fatal (turns out she was right). But as a parent I often face situations like these - kid is sick, very sick, and I wonder, could she really die on me? I remember, Tom, at one point you mentioned giving a patient a certain test (forgot the name) which is basically a test to make sure the patient won't die on you in the next 5 or 10 minutes. Is it something we can also learn? It sounds funny, I guess, but it would really give my wife and I peace of mind if we could say "OK, child is ill - very ill - but certainly won't die on us right now." This is just a suggestion for a day in which you feel like writing but have nothing to write about. Cheers, Office worker.