Stem cell therapy is no "heal"

That's what Dr. John told us.... no "heal", meaning no cure. They don't guarantee anything. The best results, according to the doctor... and we knew going into this, is to slow or halt the progress of the disease. And improve Eddie's quality of life.

Eddie is doing well tonight, some 8 hrs after the procedure. The clinic gave him three (large) tablets of antibiotic Monday as a precaution against infection (Keflex). He was/is to take them Tues-Thursday. They also sent us home today with tablets for pain, nausea, inflamation (Ibuprophen), just in case. But he hasn't had any pain or nausea. He took a Tylenol, and 2.5 mg of valium (to help his muscles relax) that he brought with him, before he laid down this afternoon for a few hours.

He woke up flailing about.... had a nightmare about drowning in a huge ocean...only to figure out it was all that water he drank at the clinic. Let's just say he was fully hydrated when he woke...and he laughed about that off and on all evening. Apparently the nightmare seemed very real.

He is supposed to stay in bed tomorrow, and can get up for meals and such on Friday...but is to rest. But he's already up and watching one (of the two) channels on TV. We find some of the German TV fun to watch though. Can you imagine "House" and "CSI-Miami" in German? Really pretty entertaining. Since Eddie moves very slowly on his walker, I don't worry that he'll overdo it here in this small room. The hotel staff was kind enough to send up two extra pillow so we can prop his feet up while he's lying down. It takes the pressure off his back and makes him rest more comfortably.

He says he wants to go sightseeing this weekend. We'll see. The Germany Tourism website that has a link for "accessibilty" has a glitch in it, more like a loop since it takes one right back to the home website. But, I will try to contact them via email for more specific info before then. I figure I can get him in a taxi, and we can go to the huge Dom Cathedral. If that doesn't work out, I can always have the tourist center there phone me another taxi to get us back home.

When I went out this evening (yep, 3-4 blocks again) for eats, there was a large group of British senior citizens checking into the hotel. I told him he's going to have to move faster in the morning, or might miss out on that buffet breakfast! My body is confused about what to do here... much, much more exercise that I anticipated, unfortunately there are lot more pastries being consumed that I planned either...LOL I'm guessing they will even out, not much luck I'll lose any weight.