Day 205. I could not sleep all night. I was hot. I was cold with the chills.
I was nauseous. I ached everywhere. I could not think straight. I
thought I had meningitis again. At 3am I wanted to go to the hospital
but what was I going to do with the dogs? I stuck it out until 6 am
when I texted my neighbor to ask if he could feed and walk the dogs.
When he said he would I caught a cab to the ER.
When I
got there my blood pressure was really low. So low that they took it
twice and asked me if my blood pressure was normally low. I said yes
and they asked me how low? I told them I was too sick to answer any
more questions and began vomiting. They then took me directly back to a
single room. Meningitis and low blood pressure (as well as chest
pains) really get you fast service and a room to your self.
I
got one of my favorite docs and he ran a bunch of tests. Blood, more
blood, flu test. Gave me some morphine and called my primary. They
decided I had been through enough in the past month and another spinal
tap was not necessary. The flu test came back positive so I have the
flu. Not the "oh, I think I have the flu" type of flu. It is the you
have flu, wear this mask for 5 days and take Tamiflu. You are
contagious type of flu.
I went home and got in bed and fell asleep.
Until tomorrow...
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