Complications

Esh has been experiencing bad headaches after walking just a few feet and nausea when in a car.

"Headache with nausea is the most common complication; it often responds to analgesics and infusion of fluids and can often be prevented by strict maintenance of a supine posture for two hours after the successful puncture. Merritt's Neurology (10th edition), in the section on lumbar puncture, notes that intravenous caffeine injection is often quite effective in aborting these so-called "spinal headaches". A headache that is persistent despite a long period of bed rest and occurs only when sitting up may be indicative of a CSF leak from the lumbar puncture site. It can be treated by more bed rest, or by an epidural blood patch, where the patient's own blood is injected back into the site of leakage to cause a clot to form and seal off the leak."

Not a fun way to spend the summer before going to college.
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October says:

The doctor said that a bit of caffeine evenly dispersed throughout the day will actually help Esh's recovery.