Joey's 1st Lumbar Injection

Joey and his new friend Braden

First I have to say Joey has been great this whole trip. He hardly fusses and he will sit in his chair and just hang out for a long time.

Yesterday (Friday for us) Joey had his first lumbar injection. He was not allowed to eat or drink for 6 hrs before and 4 hours after. He also had to stay on his back for 6 hours after. That was the tough part. The nurses took him in at 3:30 and he was done by 3:50. As he was waking up from the procedure he was talking up a storm (yep it runs in the family). He stayed calm for about 2 hrs (he was wide awake but calm) after. Then he got tired of laying on his back and began to get really fussy, with 4 hours of bed rest to go. It took the Dr. about an hour later to bring Joey some Valium. When they inject the Valium it burns and hurts so of course Joey screamed, but as soon as it was in he was fine. He literally knock out in 20 seconds, but that only lasted for about 3 minutes and then he was wide awake again. So to say the least the Valium didn't really work. I had to lay with him the rest of the time. My poor achy back. Joey didn't get sick or have any issues with the procedure.  So all in all the procedure wasn't to bad. I'm not sure of our schedule for next week, but Joey will have 1 or 2 more lumbars.

Now we pray that the stem cells hit the parts of the brain that need healing. Go Stem Cells Go!

Today, Saturday we are going to go down to Century Park where they held the Olympic ceremonies. We are also going to the Holiday Inn (fancy hotel here) to have some American food. We can only eat so much Chinese food.

Well that's it for today. Please send some extra prayers out to Joey's friend Santana and his mommy who are in the hospital again. Hurry up and get better Santana. We love you guys.