Meningitis

I have meningitis. I'm in the hospital right now starting this blog because when you're in the hospital there are only so many episodes of the Office that you can watch in a row.
Viral meningitis is an infection of the meninges which cover the brain. You can get it just like you catch any virus and the CDC estimates about 25- 50,000 hospitalizations yearly in the US for this. If you want to know more read the CDC thing. And yes I am potty trained.
Best thing about having meningitis - you get a lot of dilaudid, and you have time to call and email your friends and family.
Worst thing about having meningitis - you need a lot of dilaudid. Seriously it sucks.
Actually, that's not true. The real worst part is thinking that you might have to be wheeled up to your wife's labor suite and watch her go through her most painful moment and not be able to get out of the wheelchair because you're experiencing your own most painful moment. And probably even worse than that would be to watch her go through her most joyful moment and be too drugged up (see dilaudid) to enter into that joy.
We prayed diligently that the baby wouldn't be born while I was in the hospital and God granted us that prayer. Either that or Kelly gave herself a home cerlage.