7 Weeks

Today Archie pretty much slept most of the day.  He started a hunger strike so he has not eaten with the exception of a few bites for lunch and dinner.  We even tried to trick him.  He is now in a communal room so there are new rules.  For about two or three hours we were not able to get in the room because the door was shut and they were doing something to another patient in the room.  He had a CT scan this morning and there weren't any changes.  His neurosurgeon had no news to report - everything is looking good in his opinion.  We found out he has a small spot on his lungs of pneumonia.  We are still waiting on the culture to come back in regard to the bacterial meningitis so they can figure out which antibiotic will be most efficient.  (Right now they are giving him several antibiotics to combat the bacterial infection.)  He got up and sat in a chair for about fifty minutes today after much complaining.  Tomorrow he is supposed to get up and go for a walk, but we will see if that happens.  For most of the day, he was weak, tired, and a little on the cranky side.  I'm sure some food will help him, but that is not working in my favor.  Everyone at Baylor is surprised we are back and wondering what the freak happened.  Praying tomorrow will be better (and you pray too!).