It's not mild

She actually had a seizure today from it. Bit her tongue, and she cut my dad's arm up with her fingernails.

They had her on so many antibiotics over the weekend. Plus a big steroid. (Decadron?) I guess they backed off on all of that now. They have her on antiseizure meds. They're getting a feeding tube set up because she really needs nutrition. She probably hasn't eaten very much since Thursday.

The neurologist said the people who get West Nile, If they had a previous neurological problem, The West Nile somehow interferes with whatever healing they hadFrom the previous problem. The 50 years ago when she had her accident, She was paralyzed on the right side. Right now she's not moving her right side very well. Neurologist said that her movement should come back once the West Nile is resolved.

my dad kind of pinpointed when my mom got bit. Several weeks (maybe 2?) before my hands went numb. We sit outside a lot. I'm wondering if my flair is actually caused by West Nile. Both me and my mom were Not feeling good for the past several weeks. Incubation is anywhere from 3 to 14 days.

I'm Going to ask my neurologist about it when I see him next week. I might End up getting checked to see if I have a titer for WNV.

Not like you can do anything about it. With West Nile you just have to sit and wait for it to resolve if it resolves. It is definitely not a simple little virus. I'm getting a front row seat at how bad this is.

Now I totally understand why they're going insane in Texas trying to kill mosquitoes. This is an nasty disease.