- Oct 31, 2000
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My father's been complaining about headaches for the past week, but thought they were just migrains and didn't bother with them.
Going to lunch Thursday, he started having lots of confusion, couldn't remember where he was, and he got lost on base, confused in general. He ended up calling my mother while he was driving, and just kept repeating that he didn't know where he was. My mom thought he was joking - and after trying to get him to stop driving so the MPs coudl find him, he was stopped at the front gate.
Got taken to the hospital that day - ran a battery of tests, all came back negative until they did a spinal tap. After a few more test - turns out he had viral encephalitis. Started having some complications - swelling of his brain, and numbness all over his body.
After some serious doses morphine, and some rest - he's much better now. And the reason for all this - a mosquito bite. So - use the bug spray dudes
Going to lunch Thursday, he started having lots of confusion, couldn't remember where he was, and he got lost on base, confused in general. He ended up calling my mother while he was driving, and just kept repeating that he didn't know where he was. My mom thought he was joking - and after trying to get him to stop driving so the MPs coudl find him, he was stopped at the front gate.
Got taken to the hospital that day - ran a battery of tests, all came back negative until they did a spinal tap. After a few more test - turns out he had viral encephalitis. Started having some complications - swelling of his brain, and numbness all over his body.
After some serious doses morphine, and some rest - he's much better now. And the reason for all this - a mosquito bite. So - use the bug spray dudes