AIR HEAD springs a leak!

Hi everyone it has been a little bit of a roller coaster these past two weeks.  First of all we had a girlfriend of mine of 10 years Tracie came in from Colorado and she was very helpful around the house, with the kids and great company.  I got her hooked on some reality TV and we laughed a lot.  I have good days and some others loaded with headaches and fatigue.  If a bad day occurs, I know a better one is around the corner.  On this past Friday (always a the start of the weekend when we can not reach the Mds as readily)  I developed a throbbing headache, nausea and swelling at the temporal site. David Arbaugh and Joe Griffen from the crazy high school days were going to make a visit from San Diego and I was not feeling so hot.  It was great reminiscing about old times and laughing my booty by phone.   I put a message into the Mds and he said go to your Hospital in LA.  I knew something was not feeling right and these symptoms were different.  We just got our Sequoia back from the shop and I told Art I could drive myself.  He said absolutely NOT.  Driving oneself and the ER have no business being in the same sentence.  So, I grabbed by neighbor Barbara and she drove me to the hospital about 45 minutes away.  She was brave to take me in Friday afternoon traffic and we pretended that her mini van was a two seater Portia.  Art met me in the ER and off we go see Air Heads newest Head shots (CT scan).  I asked the CT tech if he could see my hole.  He said yes, very impressive.  I knew he would dig it and I got a little more special treatment after he saw the scans. The nice ER doc came in, Yep I have sprung a Cerebrel Spinal Fluid CSF Leak.  OUCH!  The good news is that the old bleeding site has stopped and my brain is starting to shift into the space where Willy once resided. Yea! They reached one of my surgeons in SD and he took a look at the CT.  He said to wrap the noggin really tight.  I mean really tight and to send me home for a few days to see if this resolves the leak.  I was happy to not get admitted because I have a better chance of keeping the hospital infections away.  I took my not so happy scrunched head home.  I was not to sick to pop a couple of pain pills and  we went for Mexican food on the way home.  Got some great stares, I guess I got my a taste of stardom, but I was hoping for a free dessert.  Once again Art and I looked at each other and decided the hard part was over removing Willy.  We will just cope with everything one day at a time and count our blessings.  It is Sunday and I have been pretty useless.  Lots of pain, bedrest and I am back to sleeping on the recliner.  Art is playing Mr. Mom and Hero once again.  We are suppose to call SD surgeons on Mon. AM and find out how long they want to leave the bandage on and when I need to come in and see them.  We have an exciting week coming up and Art's father is having surgery on Thur for the icing on the cupcake.  We were suppose to take a three night trip to the mountains with just the four of us to get away.  I glad we didn't go.  I bet my head would of exploded.  I will be great and will be sure to keep ya posted. New Pics of new head gear to follow.