Why is the speaker making the call?

Hi Len, this is Kyle. Could you please let Alan know that I’m not coming in to work today? I was supposed to get together with him at 10 o’clock this morning to talk about the investors’ group meeting we have scheduled for next week, but I woke up feeling terrible. I’m going to go see a doctor at 11.1 started feeling sick last night, and couldn’t sleep well. I think I caught the flu. If you could just let him know, I’d really appreciate it. I’m going to go back to bed for a while. Thank you.