Dear participants: If I suddenly stop posting here it means I am likely in the hospital. I have been having pain in the lower abdomen for 3 days and it is not getting any better. I'll try to see my doctor tomorrow, so depending how that goes, I may be late at updating for tomorrow and if he rushes me off to hospital, it may be a while until I can update the game. I hope not to pause the game, but if it happens at least it won't be unexpected.
UPDATE: With 3 people still not having made their move, I will leave the update until I get back from hospital. I can't get in to see my family doctor today at all, so they recommended I go straight to the emergency ward at the hospital.

2nd update:

After a whole day sitting around and waiting at the hospital, I am back home, but need to go back for more tests. The good news is that I didn't require any surgery and was actually allowed to go home!

Since it is so late and 2 players have still not responded, I think we may as well simply skip Dec. 4 and go directly to Dec. 5 as if it was one long day. I will update the board tomorrow morning (my time) as close to my normal update time as possible. Thanks for your patience and understanding.