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Ordeal left Deng shaken and 15 lbs. lighter

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Luol Deng reunited with his teammates on Thursday at the Berto Center. Deng, who said he has lost 15 pounds since he had a spinal tap to rule out meningitis, said the ordeal was frightening.

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After being sent to the hospital a week ago, Luol Deng reunited with his teammates on Thursday at the Berto Center. Deng, who said he has lost 15 pounds since he had a spinal tap to rule out meningitis, said the ordeal was frightening. "I've never been through anything like that. It was scary for me, scary for everyone that was around me," Deng said. "I never knew of a spinal tap before that, didn't know the reaction or the side effect of it, so I was really scared."

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