She ordered tests for other hospital patients with swine flu and the pattern was confirmed: the sicker they were, the lower their IgG2 levels.

Michel gave birth to a 14-pound, 13-ounce boy last Tuesday at William W. Backus Hospital, Connecticut.

The day after Olga was released from the hospital she commenced making shoes again. At six in the morning she is at her bench; she knocks out two pairs of shoes a day.