My brother Dietrich has been having a high fever (105) which induced a serious seizure. He was also totally unresponsive. My family rushed him to the halfway point between our house and the hospital where they met an ambulance. He was unresponsive for 3 hours. The docs said he shouldn’t have been unresponsive for more than 1 hour. The doctor was very suspicious of meningitis, but the spinal tap came back negative for bacterial meningitis. However, the doc thinks it’s viral meningitis and the tests for that will take quite a bit longer. He definitely fits the symptoms: headache, neck stiffness, seizures, altered mental status. If that’s the case, he’ll be sick for at least another 2-3 weeks. The fortunate thing about viral meningitis is that it’s barely contagious, unlike bacterial meningitis. Pray for him and my family as they take care of him.
I have understandably been thinking about my family through this time, so here are some pics I’ve been looking at:
An old picture of us kids seven years ago
Banquet at SMBI–Benji, Heidi, and I
Christmas 2006 portrait
Collage of Christmas 2006
3 Responses
November 14th, 2007 at 3:13 am
I sincerely hope that modern science can help your brother.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I do too.
God gave us a commission to subdue nature and rule over it. That includes our own bodies.
December 8th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Yeah, he’s doing well.
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