Category: My Stories
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Day Eight of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Friday, February 3, 2017 I almost didn’t go. The doctor who declared two days before that I had had a seizure, also decided that I should be sent to the Urgent Care…
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Day Seven of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Thursday, February 2, 2017 On Thursday, I was sent for a CAT scan of my brain. I think it was around the time of the seizure the day before that my memory…
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Day Six of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Wednesday, February 1, 2017 When I look back on the entire experience, Wednesday morning was, to me, the tipping point. That was the day when everything changed. My wife and I sat at the…
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Day Five of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Tuesday, January 31, 2017 By Tuesday, the pain was horrible. I was struggling greatly and having repeated naps. It was hard to keep my eyes open due to the pain, and the exhaustion was…
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Day Four of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. Monday, January 30, 2017 On Monday, the optometrist was able to fit me in. She took a good look at my eye and even called another optometrist to get some advice, but in the…
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Day Three of My Encephalitis Journey
This post is a continuation of a series looking back to my experience in 2017 with Encephalitis. For the previous post, click here. (NOTE: there is no “Day Two” in this Journal… it jumps from Day One to Day Three). Sunday, January 29, 2017 Two days later, we had no answers. My memory of the time is…
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Day One of my Encephalitis Journey
Hi there, I wanted to stray a little from my usual blogging and, over the next twelvish days, share a little of my own personal journey with you. Two years ago today, on January 27, 2017, my life took a bit of a turn (and hasn’t fully turned back yet). Over the course of the…
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Merry Christmas!
I’ve been thinking lately of writing and posting some true, fun, short stories from my life on my blog now and then, and today is the first one! It’s also my way of saying, Merry Christmas everyone! I love you, I hope you enjoy the story, and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! A…