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Show 288 "Aseptic meningitis is a possibility with IVIGg," he is saying. "Let's check your spinal fluid to be sure." I am thinking I will just go home on antibiotics against the possibility, but he is admitting me. "You need some stronger IV antibiotics than anything we have oral," he is saying. "And I want to keep my eye on this." We have been through this being admitted to the hospital so many times before it should be routine by now. It never is. Hy will telephone the children and I will go have my spinal fluid "checked," like the oil level in a car's engine, I am thinking. Thankfully, the pump has a port with easy access to spinal fluid. I will not have to endure a spinal tap. I have discovered one perk. It is late at night now and I have been settled into a bed onto the same unit as usual, but not the same room, IV running heavy-duty antibiotics into my port-a-cath. The blinds on the windows are drawn, the lights are dimmed and the TV is off. It is a less painful boring night. |
