I remembered that night at the hospital vividly. It was not only the briefing  describing my colleague’s 'heart attack' but my friend Itsik who was hospitalized the day before of complications that developed from his bout with the flu which had put him in the intensive care unit. After talking with Itsik for several minutes, Esty and I told his wife Rina that we would pop in to see them the following morning in the hospital which was on our way to work. We left the hospital and went directly home. Upon arriving home a half hour later, we were horrified to find a message waiting for us. Itzik had passed away minutes after we had left them.

As I remembered that last night with Itsik, and my colleague’s description of something I was definitely not experiencing, I quickly washed off the soap in the shower, and returned to bed to lie down and rest for a while until the feeling of discomfort and weakness passed.

After getting back into bed, the discomfort and weakness in my left shoulder and hand did not seem to improve immediately. Esty kept her composure (she later admitted that on the inside she was shaking like a leaf) and at the time did not externally exhibit any particular concern regarding my temporary bout with:

1. indigestion from last night, or

2. exhaustion from all the intimate episodes the past week, or

3. a combination of both.

I wonder if there was ever a study made of the human female species to determine if they feel a personal achievement regarding their ability to physically exhaust their mate!

Meanwhile Esty started looking thru the papers and booklets we had brought along in the event of a medical emergency. After a short rest period, the restlessness and discomfort passed as quickly as it had come. I decided to stay a bit longer in bed to recuperate but within several minutes the same discomfort returned. Esty managed to locate several doctors and now the question was ‘do we or don’t we phone a doctor?' Again, my discomfort left me and I remained in bed another fifteen minutes. I felt fine, got dressed and resumed normalcy as if the previous half hour never occurred. I was back on my feet. Esty showered, we had breakfast and then headed out to Versailles.