Encephalitis Cases

Gerona           
  Hi. I acquired Herpes Encephalitis at age 11 during Sixth grade, 1994. Full symptoms of the virus hit on Halloween night. I was hospitalized after I was found in a full seizure mode in the bathroom at a Halloween party. I was hospitalized in the UCLA medical center, California, and was kept in Intensive care for a month and a half. Symptoms: raging fever, short-term memory loss, seizure (only one in my life, that night) and hives.

Doctors came to analyze me, and I received counseling to get my memory back. I took medicine through IV-treatment. I was finally remembering who I was, it gave hope to the doctors that I would live, and was released December 16th. 1994. I was tutored by my science and history teachers to catch up on what I missed.

I still forget some things like what I did or what happened yesterday, and anything I do not have written down. The only disability from the virus is on my photographic memory, I have to remember things through pictures but all my pictures are fuzzy and don't help me remember. I assume I was infected by a mosquito.
Thanks for this site,

Gerona
California, U.S.A.
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Posted: January 9, 2001 		  adults cases

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