Labyrinthitis: coping?

Hello and please Help. 

I am seeking some help/advise from people who went through, or coping with, labyrinthitis. 

My wife is currently in college. A week prior to her labyrinthitis symptoms appearing, she did not sleep much, she studied late, spend an enormous amount of time on her computer reading many many articles for her classes. 

By pulling an all nighter from Saturday to Sunday last week, to finish her paper, she then slept for only 4 hours. Woke up and went back to studying. At around 11pm, while doing her homework, she started feeling extremely dizzy. We thought she was just tired. shw also had two exams on Monday (the next day), so She was extremely stressed too.

Monday came, things got worse. Disorientation. Dizziness. Fatigue. Nausea. Vomiting. First two health practictitioners told us she had vertigo, if things didn’t get better they told us to see a specialist.

 Her balance was off, She could not focus on reading, processing the information was and still is extremely difficult, writing is a challenge too. She needed help to walk around because She was afraid she’d fall. Disorientation and dizziness did not really go away. 

On Wednesday she saw a specialist and the verdict was: labyrinthitis. 

While having this diagnosis, She still had to take two exams even though her health was in a very poor condition. 

Her doctor gave her an excuse from school for 10 days so she can recover. 

She has spend the past three days in bed because of the dizziness and cuz her meds make her drowsy. 

My question is, how can she coupe with it? Can someone recommend anything to help her study? She is asking me to drive her to college (because she obviously cannot drive) since she is terrified of falling behind. She still feels disoriented, even thought she can more or less walk on her own; reading on a computer and writing anything analytical is very difficult for her. We don’t know what to do and if someone went through something similar, please help. 

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