Jonathan's 2nd Dose

As dad went to hospital for the procedure...

I (dad) will attempt to give a rundown on how it went. We were driven from the hotel to CIMA hospital - private, owned it seems by GlaxoSmithKline.

We waited about ten minutes to be brought back for the procedure. Jonathan had fasted 8 hours before and had little tiny scrunched up veins (we normally fill him with water before a known "stick"). The anesthesia was by IV and it took some doing to get a vein (I lost count of the attempts - this has happened here in the U.S. as well - been there,done that, hated it!)

Once sedated it took less than a minute to administer the stem cells into his spine.

About fifteen minutes later we were in the lobby waiting for our ride back to the apartotel. With travel we were away for less than two hours.

Now we wait! This is the hard part. We have had many interested queries from friends and family -- nothing to report yet!