Nothing like an infection of the fluid in the spinal cord. There was about five days where I was so weak I could not hold a pen and sign my name. And even now I get this odd rash that pops up randomly on an arm or a leg, and then goes away, like some viral whack-a-mole game.
I’ll tell you something funny, though: when I told the doctor in the ER that I couldn’t even write my name, he asked to see my signature to see how bad it was. As he left to get a piece of paper, I started laughing. I told him how ironic I thought it was that a doctor was asking me to show him how illegible my handwriting was. He very nearly smiled.
I was just reading about the University of Missouri football player, Aaron O’Neal, who collapsed after a workout. Turns out he died of complications from … viral meningitis. Hey! That viral stuff is supposed to be not so bad.
Comment by Mick — — 25-August-2005 @ 2:33 UTC