As it turned out, Momski was also incommunicado for long stretches in Tora Bora or Pago Pago or some such place she was trying to nurture after she was suitably nourished, the phone and internet there being dodgy. So, I could not convey the full gravity of the situation at home, including a panicked sortie to the pediatrician because the little man would not eat any element of the recommended BRAT diet - banana, rice, applesauce and toast - and was losing weight rapidly.