Bad things

Saturday night my friend Paul got sick. Wound up having his mom take him to the emergency room where he's been ever since (today's Tuesday mind you). They think he has meningitis, but are still waiting for the results and in the meantime they are keeping him at the hospital. I don't know if there can be anything worse than having to wait around in a hospital bed for days not knowing what is going on. I don't really know what meningitis is, except that it has something to do with the brain or the spinal cord. I'm not sure. I haven't even been able to talk to Paul, as his phone has been off in the hospital. Ugh. He's left me a voice message today, so that is good.