Here's to good care and speedy recovery. 

Sending good luck to Roy!  Meningitis is some nasty stuff...

Praying for your brother and for your family.  Hang in there.

 Sorry to hear about that Bill.
 
  Best wishes and prayers for a solution that will allow him to continue with the best quality of life. Glad to read what sharke wrote.

That sounds like some nasty crap.

Sorry to hear that Bill.

Hope it turns out well.

Thank you for the update.

Your brother-in-law will continue to be in my prayers.

Sorry to hear that Bill.
 
My Father contracted it back in the day and it was a very stressful time, he was touch and go and got transferred to a specialist hospital whilst he was in a coma.
 
Me and my Mother went through all his business affairs one night because we thought he wasn't going to make it and she felt like she needed to take up the slack if need be it was a really harrowing time.
 
When he first went down with it he started acting like a mad man and we knew something was majorly wrong but couldn't get him to go to hospital as he got quite violent, in the end he got really frantic and I had to lay him out with a punch and call the ambulance while he was still out and they could get him sedated.
 
Fortunately after those first few days he turned around quite quickly and made a full recovery.
 
Your brother in law is at least in the best place possible and without the black-eye.  My thoughts are sure with you all at this time though and I'm praying that he gets through this.
 
Stay strong buddy your sister needs you right now.

Ok I just did a little reading.
Little scary that something like the flu can kick this off.

Meningitis infection may show up in a person by a sudden onset of fever, headache, and stiff neck. It will often have other symptoms, such as
Nausea Vomiting Increased sensitivity to light (photophobia) Altered mental status (confusion)  The symptoms of bacterial meningitis can appear quickly or over several days. Typically they develop within 3-7 days after exposure. 

It's good he's answering questions.

And as Sharke noted it is treatable with a very good success rate.
The biggest risk is the very young or very old and still an 85% success rate.

Sending good and positive vibes his way.

Mike
 

Yep, my father got spinal meningitis back in the late 50's stemming from a poorly performed ear operation (done by an Army doctor) that tried to resolve a problem in his ear canal that kept him out of the service.  The result was he went from managing two bank branches (and he was head of the ABA at one point) to working half-time for Goodwill and losing his driver's license due to the seizures and medications...  If that had happened more recently, we would have been living off of the malpractice settlement - oh well...

Yeah the article said you're at greater risk in heavily populated areas like schools and the military.

Maybe he picked it up at work if he's in an office building or another place with a fair population.

My girlfriend owns hair salons. 
All these damn people come in with their colds instead of staying home taking meds for a week. Now all her girls are infected.

Next year she said that during flu season she's going to inform people and put a sign up that says if you're sick please reschedule.
Her shops were damn near shut down because people couldn't wait a week for a hair cut.

Mike