JC’s MJD Blog

after 1st injection

April 24th, 2007

Well they wheeled JC down the hallway to get his first injection, we are both very nervous. It is not like in Canada where the doctor’s come and tell you the whole procedure, we had to find out through others who have already had it done. It took about 20 min. and he has to lie flat and still for 6 hours. This is a pretty hard request because I don’t think that JC has ever stayed still for longer than 5 min. He did it and not one complaint. He got up about 20 min. to early to pee, he wouldn’t pee in the bottle like I asked him to. He did not get the dreaded spinal headache everone talks about thank goodness.

During the first couple of hours after the injection he gets stem cell growth factor by IV, then a liquid they say will wash the cells and finally some ” chinese medicine” that is what they really call it, and when asked to translate they say that it does not translate. I have noticed a difference when JC got up to go to the bathroom during the night which usually involves alot of stumbling and feeling around in the dark tonight with very little light he finds his way to the bathroom, without holding a wall, with little help from me. Maybe just a coincidence, that he now has these new amazing cells in his body. We wake up in the morning and go for a walk in the park, JC does not bring his cane and is doing good on his own. Probably another coincidence.

But during physio it is very evident as he preforms the same exercises as yesterday before injection and is very unsteady and I am constantly having to catch him as he tips over or stumbles there is none of that today he needs VERY little steadiing from me. He walks on the treadmill where only yesterday he had to hold on, no if and or buts about it or he would absolutely fall off he USES NO BARS TODAY, the doctor sees the improvement as does everyone who was with us yesterday it is very moving and tears come to my eyes because I know now that this is going to work and that we made the right decision by coming here. We are told not to get to excited as it could just stay at this level of improvement, how can we not be happy there is obvious improvement and we can’t wait for more injections.

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