Poor Justin

Justin has had a major headache for the last twelve days. It all started with fluid in his ear. He went to the doctor for that and they just watched it. Within four to five days, it wasn't getting better and his head started hurting, so his doctor called in an antibiotic. Within a couple days, he just wasn't getting better, so he went in to the doctor again. It was a different doctor in the same clinic and he just gave Justin some migraine meds. By this weekend, he wasnt' doing a whole lot better. He was doing a bit better during the day, and then the horrendous headache at night. These headaches are probably enough to floor anybody. He's never had a migraine before, but now for about 10 days straight.
So, this morning, enough was enought and he started to have a stiff neck. I took him to the Emergency Room and they did some tests. They took blood, did a CT scan, and a spinal tap. His CT came back clear and the spinal tap came back viral. It looks like he has viral menangitis. They still want to do an MRI, but the machine is down, and the doctor wants to run another test to rule out encephilitis, which is a worse virus with fluid on the spine and messes with your mind. Viral menangitis is not the scary one, but they are watching him closely. They admitted him into the hospital for 24 to 48 hours.
Yes, that means Justin and I will both be in the hospital. I am being admitted tomorrow afternoon. When it rains on the Bancrofts, it pours! What's up with that? Do we not have enough going on with just me, we have to involve Justin into the medical world now too? Can I say it was really weird being on this side of things today? We were at the hospital since 11 this morning trying to figure out what's going on with him. If I've learned nothing else it's to be proactive with mine and Justin's health (and anyone I know). We walked in basically demanding tests to be done on him. I'm just glad they took us seriously, cuz we were right! I hated seeing him like that. They gave him Versaid, a conscious sedation, for the spinal tap so he didn't have to feel it. They say it's a lot like an epidural. They draw fluid out of the spine to test it.
Hopefully I'll know more in the morning about Justin and what's going on with him. We still aren't sure if he's contagious or not, so probably no visiting for him.
Anyways, I guess double the prayers for our family this week. Hopefully we can figure out Justin and get him better. My treatments aren't a prison sentence, meaning I can come home at any time this week if I need to be here for Justin. Trust me when I say it was not an easy decision to go back into the hospital for treatment (not that I really had a choice), but I might have an infection in my line, and everyone is pushing for me to go back in. I talked to my nurse practitioner today and she's never had anyone not come back in for the 2nd week back in the hospital. She had the thought that if I wasn't cured, would I always wonder about not having gone back in when I was supposed to, would I have been? Who will ever know. Let's just hope this continues to work.
We've got plenty of help and we will be ok this week. Just remember us when you say your family prayers for us. Thanks for all the support and love from our family and friends!