I finally caught up with Ferenc last night, post NYC visit. He went back into the hospital the day after our visit and stayed for 8 days. Only returned home yesterday. His PCP confirmed that he should get a spinal tap and the whole process didn't actually happen towards mid-way thru his stay b/c the procedure is completely traumatic. So Ferenc went thru with it and yelled the whole time. They stuck him with another resident who didn't know what he was doing (a very steep learning curve) and finally the real doctor came in and asked what was taking so long and took care of inserting the needle himself. Poor Ferenc! When they took him for a MRI across the street, he bolted and escaped the guards and ran down 17th Avenue. He hadn't eated and his plan was to go to the Korean deli and head back to his hospital room - of course he was in his hospital gown and those little green foam shoes they give you when you're admitted which fell apart on the city street. Fortunately, just as he was running past the hospital, his real doctor came out and calmed him down and got him back upstairs. He contracted viral meningitis which accounts for the fevers and they had him on antibiotics on an IV drip the whole time. The fevers just broke yesterday. Today's he's back at the stress of life - shooting slides for his Yaddo application. Christ!