Zenith's brain fog and disorientation is much improved, however she has been getting weaker as she has no appetite. Her Antibiotic is IV acyclovir 3X a day. Her side effects have been diarrhea, fatigue, weakness, headache, dizziness, there may be others, but those are my layman's observations.

Since at least November 13th until now the 23rd she has eaten very little. Her initial Illness started on the 10th, but I'm not sure how much she may or may not have eaten from the 10th to 13th. She was admitted to the hospital, diagnosed and treatment started on the 15th. I'm not sure if her lack of appetite is caused by the encephalitis, Antibiotics or both.

I'm concerned about her getting weaker and am trying to encourage her to eat, even a bite or two. I got her to eat a few grapes each day and a bite of banana. Her Filipino friends and family brought her some Filipino food and she ate a bite or two. She doesn't like American food.A few days ago they moved her to a nursing home, and what a shithole of a downgrade compared to the hospital.

Today I had a bit of an argument with one of her coworkers who came to visit her. I just can't deal with the whole we will just pray attitude. David didn't just pray he took action, same with Solomon, Moses, Jesus, and many others from the bible...

In the Philippines the family structure seems to often be a Matriarchy, where a senior female is the head of the family, and the boys are raised up to be irresponsible, while the girls are raised up to be ultra-responsible. As one expat put it, the boys are the girls and the girls are the boys.

Alpha Females with Beta males, I think it's related to Catholic grooming of boys since it seems common in Central and South American culture.