Inevitably in anyone's life (especially if you have allergies) one gets sick.  Unfortunately for me this occurs right around the time our friends were in town.  It started with the sore throat and lots of lovely colored phlegm but progressed into an ear infection which made me miserable the entire time our friends were here.  After two weeks of putting off going to the doctor due to fear of what a medical experience would be like in a foreign country I bit the bullet and went to a...