Wednesday, November 5, 2008

MGH

We usually keep the blog restricted to boating matters only but in this case the circumstances are a little outstanding and I just wanted to post a picture.



Jenny is in the hospital and has been for 2 days now. She checked in tothe ER at Mt. Auburn Hospital 14 days ago for very bad flu like symptoms but was sent home with some meds. It seemed to work and she got better for a couple days (one of those days was Halloween when she was dressed as the pirate posted below). Then on this past Sunday night/ Monday morning her head started hurting extremely bad and she became sensitive to light and sound. Seems kinda migraine-ish, except that she had a fever of 102 which isn't normally migraine related. Tuesday morning it got so bad that I took her into Mass General Hospital. Her temp got to 104.5 during the day in the ER. They checked her into a real room and have been pumping various fluids and antibiotics into her. They did a spinal tap which is the only thing that has proved useful so far, as it turned up to show a virus in her spinal fluid. Other than that, she has seen umteen doctors and even some infectious disease specialists. As yet, they can't tell what it is and it won't go away. She is feeling a bit better at least because the headache has resided to a dull throb and her temp is staying down below 100 and sometimes even down to the normal 98.6 range. So she seems to be on the mend, but it is slow and the disease is persistant and confounding. MGH seems to be treating her well though, and we are happy she went there. Hopefully she will be home soon. Willie misses her, and it is tough on a dog being alone all day.

6 comments:

miles said...

yikes! that is a rotten thing to happen.

can you say... hospital raid tomorrow evening!!!

lets talk tomorrow.

Cast of Characters said...

Miles,
Please do come raid the hospital! It's been a little lonely here.

Chris said...

YIKES! I will keep you both in my thoughts. Get well.

Anonymous said...

Hi guys,

Sorry to hear you are sick Jenny. We are wishing you a speedy recovery.

Rob, Cheri, & Jonathan

Oh yea - Tiki, Maddie, & Zoe too!

Anonymous said...

Wow. Hope you get healthy quick. Hope they figure out what it is and get rid of it for good. All hopes and prayers for a quick recovery.

Ben

Unknown said...

Health is good. Can I share some of mine? Ya know, you send a few germs to fight my body instead of yours? :P I'm just kidding. But I do hope you get well soon. Best wishes. Let me know if you need anything.