Wake up. I'm the doctor and I'm talking.

One of the strangest things is when you're asleep in the hospital on half of a couch and a doctor appears out of nowhere and starts talking to you like you're awake. Do they teach that in medical school? Just start talking to them and they'll eventually come around. That happened twice this morning and I didn't have my glasses on either time, so they were just a blur. It could have been the janitor for all I knew. I had no idea what they said for the first few minutes. I remember thinking the second guy sounded a lot like Mason's pediatrician, but I couldn't figure out why he would be at the hospital. But sure enough, it was him. Dr. Chambers was here very early to check on Mason.

As for Mason, all of the tests are still coming back negative. The best sign is that his fever hasn't come back and he's off any fever reducing meds now. He's still on pain meds, so it's hard to know whether or not the pain in his back and neck is still as bad. We don't want him pain, but we want to know if it's improving too. The pain medication makes him much more mobile and allows him to slowly move his head left and right. But, he still won't look down at all. The doctors are starting to consider that the fever and neck/back pain could be coincidental and this could still be all skeletal/muscular related. That still doesn't explain why he would have those symptoms though. They've said a few different times that it's just not normal for kids his age. Hopefully, they can figure it out soon.

He's taking an afternoon nap right now and he's been pretty happy all day. Rachel's making me go home tonight because the couch-bed isn't big enough for the both of us. Apparently, they put us in a single parent room. We'll update again soon.