Aseptic Meningitis

Well our plans to go home have been derailed. Sam woke up in pain. It was at first assumed this is because pain meds were at low doses and stretched overnight and he was so active yesterday. More meds were given for pain and muscle relaxing. An hour later he wanted to go to the playroom, but in a wagon. While there he sat up to play a game and after a minute or so laid back down and wanted to go back to the room. We were stopped by a nurse who took out his iv, then the nuerosurgery nurse practicioner came by. While we were talking he got into bed and threw up. So we are staying another night and starting a steroid for a couple of weeks. The cerebal spinal fluid does not like having blood mixed in, which happens during surgery. It causes swelling and the aseptic meningitis. Aesptic means it is a sterile meningitis, not bacteria caused.