Dear Annie: I am a college student, and I just finished my finals for the fall semester and am now on winter break. Right toward the end of finals week, one of my professors had a medical emergency and had to miss our final day for surgery. My entire class sent her supportive emails, including me, but I find myself still worrying about her. She’s a wonderful professor and person, and she’s so passionate about the material she teaches. She’s everything I love in a professor, and just knowing that she’s suffering worries me.