Hey all! I'm back! lol
So sorry I haven't been on here, have had such a time of it the past 3 weeks! Basically Christmas and New Year were cancelled. My older brother who is 24 had to go into hospital the Monday before Christmas as he was really unwell, he had swelling of the brain, they couldn't get any blood from him as his vains had collapsed, his kidneys weren't working properly and he had liver damage, he had a rash all over him and hadn't eaten in 2 weeks so lost lots of weight. The docotrs just kept saying he's really not well, he got moved to the High Dependancy Unit. We were told to prepare for a call during the night and at that point everything was touch and go. It was so horrible I just cried constantly for 5 days, then on Christmas Eve we found out it was meninjitis as you can imagine we didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing as it can affect people differently. So Christmas day was horrible, we went to see him in hospital and by this point he was still in High Dependancy, he was on a heart monitor, getting blood and on drips and oxygen we had to put masks and overalls on to go in to see him, it was all very traumatic. He was just lying there not really with it with his christmas hat on. The doctors still couldn't tell us if he was going to make a full recovery or not. He wasn't really talking but said a few things about Doctor Who and back to the future which didn't really make sense.
He is now in a general ward and is improving medically. His blood count is now normal and slowly eating again. He's also got his sense of humour back and is having a laugh with the nurses which is really good to see. The doctor's are still a bit puzzled as they can't determine what type of meninjitis it is so they are still doing different tests and there is a top medical professor looking into it as they haven't had anything like this before. We have been told it is going to take months for him to get better, but he is slowly improving and is really good to see as at 1 point we didn't know if he was going to pull through.
Sorry, I'm babbling on again lol. That was probably a bit more info than needed but has kind of helped me clear my head a bit. Well the diet has gone to pot and me and David were kinda living on take aways for 2 weeks with going to and from the hospital. I weighed myself yesterday and have put on 2lbs, so am now 14stone 11lbs and can see it on me, really need to start getting back into shape! lol