Viral Meningitis

So far today has been the biggest rush to sit and do NOTHING!

I went to Chicago with six friends from my Bunco group for my first "girls" weekend. Needless to say, I ended up buying an emergency ticket home because Brian decided to come down with viral meningitis.

I knew he had a headache Thursday night but I didn't realize how bad it was. I thought it would be gone on Friday so I packed my bags and was gone by 5:30 am Friday morning. Brian called me around 6:30 Friday night telling me he was headed to the hospital. I figured they would give him pain medicine then send him home, which they did. The pain didn't ease so he went back Saturday morning. I was out shopping at stores like Saks, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus in which I can't even afford to breathe the air in any of those stores. Poor Brian was getting a spinal tap. His parents called me around 4:30 letting me know he did have meningitis but didn't know what kind. They went ahead and started treating it as bacterial just to make sure.

I tried to get a flight out Saturday night but I couldn't get one in time. My amazing friends booked me on a 6:44 AM departure arriving in Memphis at 8:30 AM. It was perfect! Except for having to get up at 4:30 and hailing a cab while all the crazy drunk people were out. You would have thought I was a New Yorker though! It seriously took me 5 seconds and I had two cabs fighting over me. It was a tough decision on which one to chose but I went with the guy listening to christian music:) Chicago at 4:30 AM is a crazy sight!

I made it back to Memphis and have sat in the hospital all day. I'm not exactly sure why they think you can get rest in a hospital. It's always crazy busy with crap beeping all the time. Plus, the pain medicine Brian's on makes him jump really bad while he's asleep. It scares the crap out of us every time.

When I got here this morning his pain level on a scale from 1 to 10 was constantly an 8. They doubled his pain medicine and it's down to 5. The doctor came in a little bit ago and said he should stay around a 5 all day tomorrow then it should start going down. I'll keep you posted on what's going on. Hey, at least I have time to blog:)

By now I've been up since 4:30. I'm pretty sure nothing I've typed makes since so if you read this tonight, give me time and I'll fix it tomorrow.