Chris Hrabik’s SCI Blog

Day 28 - Digits

October 21st, 2006

I have more good news today as I can now move all four fingers on my left hand independently of one another. This movement actually began a few days ago, but I wanted to be sure it was not a fluke before mentioning it. I still cannot move my left thumb. On my right hand, I can now touch my thumb to my little finger rather easily. This is something that was very difficult for me to do before I arrived in Shenyang. These early results are beyond my expectations. I was hoping to see improvements in a few months after the injections, so to have finger movement in my left hand this soon, one of my wishes, certainly raises my hopes for the future. I continue with 2 PT’s per day and acupuncture (except on Sundays). I also made a decision about a fifth stem cell injection. I will be given the injection intravenously next Tuesday.