[DLfromthedesert]

Prayers continue that Marilyn gets the care she needs; that whatever organism that is invading her system be flushed from her system.

TC, if it's Herpes Zoster, I would think they must be treating her with acyclovir; it worked well for me when I had shingles a few years back.

[TexasCowboy]

Yes, if I remember correctly, that's an anti-viral steroid.
The Herpes virus in whatever form is extremely painful on the outside. I can only imagine what it feels like internally.
The thing that bothers me the most about this is that the Herpes virus lies dormant until the body resistance flags, then it erupts.
In other words, the Herpes, if that is what this is, was not the primary affliction, only a secondary one.