Two Weeks I Can’t Ever Get Back

Two words…Viral Meningitis…I hope all of you never ever have to hear or even worse experience.  Friday August 15th I was admitted to Jupiter Medical Center for 6 days diagnosed with Viral Meningitis.  For those of you who don’t know…there are two kinds of Meningitis.  One that will Kill you (Bacterial) and one that will make you wish you were dead (Viral), I had the latter of the two…Lucky Me.

It started like a flu, then moved to a headache, then a real bad headache, then a headache that exceeded any pain I have ever experienced nonstop.  Couldn’t be dulled with normal drugs.  While in the emergency room, I was scanned with just about every scanning type of machine they had.  Finally the doc came in and asked how my pain was only to find out that there was no relief from the wimpy drugs they were pumping in me, so he put me on a Morphine drip.  Finally some relief.  I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep…miserable.  I lost a total of 25lbs in the process, gained about 7 back when I started eating again.  However, I wouldn’t recommend the “Meningitis Diet.”  Not a reliable or encouraged, or healthy option, but it works.

One thing I learned out of this process though is that I value life a lot more than I realize.  I couldn’t see or hold my newborn daugther for a week.  There is much that i haven’t done, haven’t started, and haven’t finished yet.  I knew I wasn’t going to die once the doctors told me what I had, but just the word Meningitis freaked me out enough.  I’m just not ready.

Thanks to those of you who were praying for me and my family through this tough time.  I’m up and moving, walking and talking, but still suffer from NO ENERGY.  Walking across the room makes me tired, if I don’t get 3 meals a day I am worthless, and I am constantly dehydrated.  Pray for my wife Sami and our daughter Tessa.  Sami has had to take care of an infant, and an adult who was just about as helpless as an infant for these two weeks.  She needs me to be better so that I can help with Tess and also work so that we have income.  Also, now that I work at the church, I haven’t been around to fulfill my obligations there for 2 weekends.  I am excited to get back into it…I need to, its good for my soul to lead worship and play music.

Anyways, that’s all for  now.