Hello and welcome to the most boring blog post title I’ve ever written. Sorry, but I thought I’d reach out and try to crowdsource (after getting permission from my kiddo, Hailey.) You may remember that they were in the hospital for quite a while this summer with meningitis. The drs never figured out what caused it but their new neurologist believes it could be caused from Sjögren’s Disease, which can sometimes cause recurrent aseptic meningitis and that seems possible because it looks like Hailey has meningitis again. *Big sigh*
Thankfully they recognized it right away and were able to start super strong pain meds and hopefully it will be a mild case that can resolve quickly at home rather than at the hospital, but I’m reaching out on the off chance that someone here has had similar recurrent bouts of meningitis and if so, is there anything you did that helped to keep them at bay or resolve them quicker? Hailey is pretty tough but their college classes are all advanced chemistry and calculus and other stem courses that don’t lend themselves to missing a lot of classes, so finding a way to stop this from happening over and over would be a lifesaver.
Related: How do I hire a witch to remove a curse? Because this year has been a lot. Although yesterday I found out I don’t have ear cancer, so maybe things are looking up?
If you have read this far I would like to thank you with this picture of Dorothy Barker, who got a haircut and is feeling very self-conscious about it.