<human>: I started talking to a girl from OkCupid a little over a month ago. We established a good raport on there which included sending multiple long messages a day for a week or so before our first date. At this point, she was on winter break from veterinary school (something very important to her as she's given up a lot to pursue this). 

We had a great first date and then I had a business trip so there was going to be a gap until our next date. During that time, we started texting a lot and that really helped move things forward until our next date. We had a great second date and things went well on a third date after that until she started to get sick as the night went on, which I didn't realize until later as she thought she just ate too much at dinner. She ended up missing a few days of school because of how sick she was (and had to cancel another date of ours), which put her behind on her studies. 

Her getting sick combined with her now freaking out about how much work she's missed for school has basically put the brakes on our communication. We went from texting frequently throughout an entire day to near silence over the past couple days.

Part of me has to rationalize this and realize that this sudden change has many good reasons behind it (really bad sickness, overwhelmed with schoolwork now) but I also can't help but think "oh noes, have we come to the end of the road?" but the last thing I'd want to do is bother her during this stressful time for her with petty crap like that.

Has anyone ever dated someone who is in vet/med/professional school and had to overcome things like this in the early stages of building a relationship? Is this just totally normal behavior? If so, I'm totally fine with that and assume that part of dating someone like that is being understanding that you're not always their first priority. But, I'd be happy to hear thoughts and tips if you have them regarding this.

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<bot>: Things were progressing very well with her then bad sickness and vet school overload happened and now communication has kinda stopped. Is this typical for professional students?