I am so proud of Ron.

All day yesterday Ron had a creeping headache. Just after dinner it began to get much much worse and by 11pm he was officially miserable. Then the poor guy threw-up. I had been asking Ron if he wanted to go back to the ER but he was steadfast that he just wanted to sleep it off. Once he threw-up I put my foot down and said we where going. He put his foot down and said no. And I harshly told him he didn't have a choice this time. He still said no, until I started tearing up and he put his jacket on.

After a few more hours they seemed to have the nausea, and headache under control. They took him for scans, x-rayed his chest and CT'd his head. They didn't find anything wrong, but just to be save they asked him if they could do a lumbar puncture (spinal-tap) to look for a possible infection... he said no, I said yes, then he said yes. It turned out to be so much less painful than he expected. I was so relieved.

They didn't find anything conclusive from the puncture but it can take up to 24hours to finish all the cultures, so the admitted him for the night, just to be safe. In the morning they told him that they found he had a sinus infection. It didn't have all the usual symptoms because of all the medications he is on. They then told him that they would like to keep him another night, not because the infection was serious but because they wanted to keep him on the heavy IV antibiotics as long as possible so they can kick the infection as fast as possible.

Then they gave us the GOOD news. He was still on schedule to be sent home this weekend! Yay!

Anyway, I said I was so proud of Ron. I AM so proud of Ron. This last week has been especially hard on him. Being copped up in this tiny apartment, unable to move without pain was starting to really weigh on him. I was afraid that this set back was going to really upset him. I couldn't have been more wrong. He was down right positive today. Telling "that's what she said" jokes with his nurse and smiling more than I've seen him smile all week. I am so proud of Ron.