history: My family and I were finally getting to go on vacation for the first time in 5 years, but we had to cancel because we all got horribly sick. My family and I were finally getting to go on vacation for the first time in 5 years_comma_ but we had to cancel because we all got horribly sick.
current: Wow, that is horrible, what did you guys come down with?
next: It was a cold and cough that turned into bronchitis for a couple of us and walking pneumonia for one of my kids.  Now school starts so we can't reschedule.