I do love my wife – but she is such a huge nerd.  Did you know she has a degree in microbiology? You’d think with such knowledge, she would be more in tune with her own health.  Before we left, Sachi saw an allergist and learned that she has allergies to trees and grasses – it affects her every year at home and her allergy medicine, which helps immensely, is in her backpack now.  Sometimes Sachi needs a reminder about this fact. 

For nearly the entire time that we’ve been in China so far (3 weeks) Sachi has had cold-like symptoms.  In fact, I have acquired a cold and gotten over it while her symptoms persist.  Just today, I asked Sachi about the possibility of her symptoms being related to her allergies and a light bulb went on.  After weeks of sneezing 50 times a day and wiping a chapped nose, the cure seemed so obvious – in fact it was not much further than the pack on her back. As of this afternoon, Sachi has fully recovered from the “cold”, thanks to Zyrtec. DUH.

I do not know why Sachi can’t recognize her own allergies, but I am now on allergy alert on her behalf.  Never again will I watch her suffer through weeks of a “cold” only to find that we’ve been sharing the room with the cure the whole time.  So much for microbiology.