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size=2 face=Arial>Please let Gary know I am thinking of him and he is in my
prayers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=390330715-28072012><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Bill Harden</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jon
Lowe<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:04 AM<BR><B>To:</B> General
pattern discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] The Nats vs. Gary
Courtney<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>For those of you with questions about viral meningitis, see this
webpage.<BR><A
href="http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/viral.html">http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/viral.html</A><BR><BR>Jon<BR>--
<BR>Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>Jon Lowe <jonlowe@aol.com> wrote:
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class=gmail_quote>Update: Gary's meningitis is viral meaning far less
contagious and less threatening to him. He is lucid but remembers nothing of
yesterday. I will visit him in icu at 1pm cdt.<BR>-- <BR>Sent from my Android
phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>Jon Lowe <jonlowe@aol.com> wrote:
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class=gmail_quote>Those of you at the Nats know Gary lost his Spark
(actually borrowed from Andrew Jesky) during Sunday practice. Then he judged
all week including four rounds of fai and masters finals. He finished
judging complaining of a massive headache which we attributed to the sun and
dehydration. He insisted on going home without getting checked by a doctor,
and to make a long story short, he is in the hospital with meningitis. Drs.
aren't sure if it is bacterial or viral, but he is in bad shape at
Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Al. After several hours with him in the
emergency room at their satellite hospital they transferred him last nite to
the main hospitals infectious disease section. On doctor's advice, I went
back to the emergency ward and got a prophylactic dose of antibiotics
because I was around him all week. The doctor told me that other people are
at low risk. They are pumping him full of antibiotics until cultures come
back and id the strain and bacteria l vs. Viral. FWIW, symptoms are bad
headache, fever with chills, stiff neck, then extreme lower back pain. I've
never witnessed so much pain.<BR>Please keep him in your thoughts and
prayers and I will update as I know more.<BR><BR>Jon Lowe<BR>-- <BR>Sent
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