Hi, this isn't an update and it isn't really Lara either – but her friend Caitlin. You see Lara has been bugging me to come and tell you all what's going on, as she fears you may think that she's forgotten about this piece of work. The truth is that essentially Lara managed to catch mumps during her first term at university. She was in a lot of pain and had golf balls instead of glands and so she went to the doctors at the start of November and he said she was to stay in bed till at least Christmas. Then as a result of her weakened immune system she got a very bad infection (if anyone's interested I can't spell it so it must be serious.) She was doing ok but due to a recent bout of bad weather here, things have worsened and she had to be hospitalised. Since then things have steadily deteriorated and she had to be moved to the High Dependency Unit (that's one down from Intensive Care), the doctors are hopeful that she will make a full recovery but at the moment she's very sick so realistically an update shouldn't be expected any time soon. I promised her I'd let you all know when I last visited her and she wasn't unconscious and on a ventilator so there you go.
Thanks
Caitlin