Epidural Procedure

Yesterday, we headed to Guantam Nagar which is the other hospital, for an epidural procedure. He had to lay still on his back for 5 hours after the procedure so we had a lot of time to talk about nothing. We had a great time and Gavin did amazing. He said he could feel the cells working in his feet, legs, thighs and lots of pressure in his brain. Heavy doses of stem cells tend to make him a little delirious so, as always, he was talking nonsense and I was overly amused. At one point he thought I was Dog the Bounty Hunter trying to straighten out his legs. I was flattered.

The picture above is of the gentlemen getting him ready for the Operation Theatre (which may be the best name. I'm thinking about starting a band called that.) The doctors are all barefoot while they preform the surgeries. Kind of bizarre.

There is a pig slaughterhouse and a schoolyard right next to the hospital which I found to be interesting. In such a close proximity there was so much death and so much life happening. This hospital giving people hope & life with stem cells and a schoolyard with children playing & laughing while these poor little piggies are being killed. No one seemed to think it was as weird as me. Maybe I had too much time to think about it.

Gavin was so happy to see the girls who took care of him the last two times he came to India. They all live at Gauntam Nagar and mostly work over there as well. They absolutely love him and were so excited to see him again.

Today he was a little tired but still managed to stand for 5 minutes total in the parallel bars. So awesome!!! He's still having trouble getting adjusted to the time change so his energy during the day isn't quite 100%. There was a lovely thunder & lightning storm around 4:30am so he at least had something to enjoy while he laid in bed.

All in all, things are going very well. I can see him getting stronger by the day and his skin & eyes are incredibly bright. So much life! It's only going to get better.