{"id":826687,"date":"2014-12-07T13:21:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T21:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=34691"},"modified":"2014-12-07T13:21:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T21:21:15","slug":"report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated injury report: Cousins out with meningitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/james_ham\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>James Ham<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@mrruithomas\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rui Thomas<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34591\" src=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sacramento_Kings_DeMarcus_Cousins_Head_Scratcher.jpg\" alt=\"Sacramento_Kings_DeMarcus_Cousins_Head_Scratcher\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have a diagnosis. The Sacramento Kings have confirmed that\u00a0DeMarcus Cousins has missed the Sacramento Kings&#8217; last five games with viral meningitis, an illness that could keep him out even longer. \u00a0The 24-year-old center is expected to miss his second straight week due to the illness, but according to the Kings medical staff, Cousins\u2019 symptoms are stable and a full recovery is expected.<\/p>\n<p>Cousins last appeared in a game on Nov. 26 against the Rockets in Houston. \u00a0The Kings sent him home early from San Antonio on Nov. 28, hoping he could return to actions on the 30th against the Grizzlies. \u00a0But Cousins continued to struggle with fevers and headaches.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Cousins looked ready to return against the Toronto Raptors, but\u00a0after going through shoot around and then warming up in pregame, he was unable to play. \u00a0Later that evening, he was <a href=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/demarcus-cousins-admitted-to-local-sacramento-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\">admitted to a local Sacramento hospital for treatment and rest.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He hasn&#8217;t been able to do anything for over a week now, so I&#8217;m not very optimistic about him being back on Monday night,&#8221; Michael Malone stated after Saturday&#8217;s game versus the Orlando Magic. &#8220;But I will wait and see and talk to the doctors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the C<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/meningitis\/viral.html\" target=\"_blank\">enter for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website<\/a>, &#8220;meningitis\u00a0is an inflammation of the tissue that covers the brain and spinal cord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms for adults include fever, headache, stiff neck, sensitivity to bright light, sleepiness or trouble waking up from sleep, nausea vomiting, lack of appetite and lethargy. \u00a0The illness usually runs its course in seven to 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>In 15 appearances this season (all starts), Cousins is averaging a career-best 23.5 points, 12.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. \u00a0The Kings were 9-6 with the center in the lineup, and have gone 1-4 since. Veteran Ryan Hollins is starting in his place and averaging three points and 1.3 rebounds per contest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/kings\/2014\/12\/07\/demarcus-cousins-viral-meningitis-sick-illness-sacramento\/20055205\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today<\/a>\u00a0where the first to report the illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins struggling with viral meningitis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[610259261],"tags":[5204276,610260552,610259428,76563],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Updated injury report: Cousins out with meningitis - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Updated injury report: Cousins out with meningitis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-12-07T21:21:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sacramento_Kings_DeMarcus_Cousins_Head_Scratcher.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Updated injury report: Cousins out with meningitis\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-07T21:21:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-07T21:21:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/\"},\"wordCount\":338,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sacramento_Kings_DeMarcus_Cousins_Head_Scratcher.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"DeMarcus Cousins\",\"Ryan Hollins\",\"Sac Kings\",\"sacramento kings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cowbell Kingdom\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2014\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/report-demarcus-cousins-sick-with-viral-meningitis\/\",\"name\":\"Updated injury report: Cousins out with meningitis - 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