Chris Hrabik’s SCI Blog

Day 12 - Feelin’ good and gettin’ out

October 4th, 2006

Since my first stem cell injection, I have been trying to move fingers on my left hand and my left leg. I am not sure there has been even slight improvement. My PT is so good it is difficult for me to determine if any slight movement is the result of the stem cells or simply because Charlie is making me do some things I haven’t done in awhile. Charlie doesn’t want me to use my braces. I think he wants me to use my own muscles and not be supported by the braces. One afternoon, however, I put on my braces and showed Charlie that I could walk using them. He was impressed.

The Beike staff come and goes as needed. Neil, who blew in here like a tropical storm, left just as quickly as he was needed in another city. Venus left for Dalian, a port city on the Yellow Sea, for a 4-day vacation. Grace appears to be staying for awhile and Sid, the anchorman, is here everyday and working long hours. I am giving these guys major grief. One day, mom and dad decided to do some site seeing and Sid asked me where we were. I said,