Very Sick Man

VOP was scheduled to sing at Chestnut Hill Baptist last eve. Jon, my brother, was sick and we were trying to decide whether to cancel or not. I called Jon and asked him if we should and he said he didn't know. He sounded like he was hallucinating. I finally got his wife on the phone and we decided I should go down and take a look at him. He was in extreme pain and couldn't communicate with me. Moans and groans he did issue forth. I thought he should go see a Dr. and after several minuets he finally consented. So, I took him to the Dr. After Dr. Jones watched Jon shuffle into the office he began to ask questions. When were you born? What year is it? Where do you work? Simple questions which he found very difficult to answer. He suspected meningitis or encephalitides and sent us to the ER. We arrived at the ER at 12:00 and by 12:05 they took us back and began to examine him. Dr. Jones had contacted them and told them we were on the way. They did a spinal tap, CAT scan of the head and blood work. They found no bacteria in the spinal fluid but did find lots of white blood cells. A normal white blood count is around 10,000 and Jon's was 44,000 which showed a definite infection. They spot diagnosed him with meningitis, the none contagious kind. However, this morning they were beginning to wonder if it wasn't bacterime (sp) instead. This is a blood infection. He is doing much better and is actually lucid. At one point yesterday he thought we were living in the year 2080. He was in extreme pain. Pounding headache, like an extreme migraine. He is on antibiotics and is doing better... More later