Author: Shawn P. B. Robinson
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Day Nine of Encephalitis and New Directions
Saturday, February 4, 2017 On Saturday, they placed me in an isolation room in the hospital. An isolation room is a strange thing. As you sit in your bed with the negative air pressure, you realize that by placing you in that room, they are declaring you to be dangerous to the…
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Day Eight of Encephalitis and New Directions
Friday, February 3, 2017 Lumbar Puncture… I almost didn’t go. The doctor who declared two days before that I’d had a seizure also decided that I should go to the Urgent Care Neurological Centre (UCNC) in London (not London, UK… London, ON). Since I didn’t want to believe that I’d had a…
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Day Seven of Encephalitis and New Directions
Thursday, February 2, 2017 On Thursday, the doctor I didn’t like, the one who thought I’d had a seizure, sent me for a CAT scan of my brain. I think it was around the time of the seizure the day before that my memory started to get a little sketchier, so a fair…
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Day Six of Encephalitis and New Directions
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 When I look back on the entire experience, Wednesday morning was, to me, the turning point. That was the day when everything changed. My wife and I sat at the table together eating breakfast. We homeschooled our boys, so they were not only home, but within sight, offering them…
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Day Five of Encephalitis and New Directions
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 By Tuesday, the pain was horrible. I struggled a lot with it and had to have repeated naps. Dealing with the pain was one thing, but when the exhaustion hit so hard, we knew we faced something bigger than pink eye. We still didn’t have an answer as…
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Day Four of Encephalitis and New Directions
Monday, January 30, 2017 On Monday, the optometrist fit me in for an appointment. She took a good look at my eye and even called another optometrist to get some advice, but in the end, they simply prescribed some more medication for pink eye. They even tested again for Eye Herpes (shingles), but it…
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Day Three of Encephalitis and New Directions
Sunday, January 29, 2017 Two days after the pain showed up in my eye, we still had no answers. My memory of the time is patchy and foggy. It’s no wonder. Despite what I understood about my situation, the truth was I was in the middle of a major brain trauma. There are…
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Day Two of Encephalitis and New Directions
January 28, 2017 The next day, I really had no choice but to carry on as though nothing was out of the ordinary. When you have a sprained ankle, you rest it. When you have a severe cold, you stay away from people, and you get some extra sleep. When you…
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Day One of Encephalitis and New Directions
Friday, January 27, 2017 I woke up with a pain in my eye. It hurt… a lot. I don’t want to be melodramatic, nor do I want to upset anyone with this description, but I also want to share with you what it was like so you can know where I’m coming…
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Encephalitis and New Directions
Hello, It’s been a few years since I’ve posted something here. Coming up on three, actually. I’ve missed the interaction with all of you, but due to health issues, I haven’t had the energy to keep things going on this blog. However, in the coming days, I want to show up again and share…