And she had to get a spinal tap, and I never felt so helpless and scared in my life.

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And it turned out she had meningitis, and she had to get a spinal tap, and they had to keep her there for three or four days.

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Then there are teammates like Luol Deng, stricken by an illness that prompted a spinal tap, still missing games, but desperate to pry himself out of bed and rush back to his teammates.

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The doctors did a terrific job, but, frankly, it was the nurses that were there with us when she had to get a spinal tap, and all sorts of things that were just bringing me to tears.

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The location has become so synonymous with the stranger moments in rock music history that the films Almost Famous and This Is Spinal Tap used the hotel as a filming location, both in an effort to add a bit of authenticity and as a wink to music fans in the know.

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