David's SCI Treatment Blog

Hello again to everyone from David in China

September 25th, 2006

Dave seems to have leveled off a bit and has definitely seen some suttle changes. Some of the changes that he has noticed that are just more suttle are as follows: he feels his breathing is stronger, his voice is stronger when he speaks and he also feels general over all improvement in his core strength. He is still dealing with his vision fading in and out where some days he sees better than others. I think this will be the case until things level off a bit. He is able to lift his hands up to his chin from a sitting position which he was only able to do from a reclined position before. He can now use his hand to rub his own hip when it bothers him. To us with full mobility, we do these things unconsiously. To those with these disabilities, these are major leaps and bounds. We all believe that all the modalities, and David’s hard work, along with the stem cells has made all these improvements possible. David will be leaving on 10/2 to return home. That is just a week away. He had another IV stem cell treatment on Monday, and he will have 1 more L.P. stem cell treatment on Sat. That will be his last. He will return home and continue all the rehab. on a daily basis to improve his on going progress. We knew when we travelled here that there were not guarantees, everyone is different, but David has worked hard, the modalities are a comibnation of things that all seem to work if the person participates at their full capacity. Like Dave’s friend Bonny said, “Your altitude depends on your attitude”, and she sure was right. Will do another post in a few days so stay tuned!

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