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Thanks again, people.
Yeah, he's pretty nervous about returning home. It's been 20 years. He freaked out pretty good once the kids got home and started doing their thing. He's never been around young children much. My daughter is extremely talkative, which threw him for a loop. He smoked a half pack of cigarettes in about 2 hours lol.

Before he got into town, I had a talk with both the kids, telling them that M has a disease and is ill (though shows no effects yet) so they somewhat knew what to expect. They were both very excited to see him regardless...my daughter wrote and colored him a nice letter in school before meeting him today...which he seemed to like.

Thanks for the link magictoy.

How's this The_Jazz: someone more neurotic and smarter than I suggested this scenario: she asked me if my 2 cats were declawed. No. So according to her, one of the cats could theoretically scratch M, draw some of his blood onto their claws, then scratch one of the klds, thus transmitting the disease. I guess that would indeed be within the realm of possibility.

Thanks Ustwo. The general consensus seems to be that once the virus is airborne, it dies (as was mentioned). I guess he's a loser but I grew up with him and saw the mental abuse he took from his father so I have much empathy towards him. If you've ever seen the movie "Five Easy Pieces", he's Nicholson in that movie. He's a trained classical pianist, highly intelligent, charismatic, cuts through the social bullshit right to the essence of a situation, speaks his mind, got straight A's at the University of Michigan, has 3 degrees (one in Law)...but he has no self esteem because his father so completely and mercilessly cut him down early in life (when he discovered his son was gay, mid-teens), so he can't navigate through "respectable society". In another lifetime, I believe his personality would've made him a success in the field of his choosing. Such is life.
Thank you again, ShaniFaye.