He's been around baseball for a lot of years, and was a [baseball] trainer in Japan for six years.

More a positive vibe because he is feeling better.

It's just a matter of checking on Todd and seeing how he's doing every day. When he comes back, we'll start him with something light, like walking and on the treadmill, then ease him into some light baseball activities. The bottom line is that we progress slowly and take it easy.

He thought it was nothing, thought it was a little bug. And then yesterday in the off day the cramps got pretty bad, still had a fever.

We don't have a diagnosis at this time except for the stomach discomfort.

We really don't have a diagnosis at this point in time. (Helton) was sick in Arizona (during spring training). It was more of upper respiratory (discomfort), but his stomach was upset too. We're really not calling it anything. That's why we're running tests on him.

He's feeling better. He turned the corner a little bit. There is not as much pain, and they are still running more tests on him.

Wednesday's game is one of those 10:30 (a.m.) starts that I didn't tell him about.