Bye for now Delhi

Dec 17, 2009 10 Comments

Well it’s all over. 13 weeks and 11 procedures and I’m all done. We’re all packed and have to wait a couple of hours before we leave for Delhi International airport. Its been an amazing experience on the whole and I was thinking to myself today what better and more spiritually in-touch country to have [...]

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News from Ash

Nov 29, 2009 11 Comments

Hey everyone, Its been a crazy week. I had my second Epidural on Wednesday (procedure #8) which went well. The other night I was lying in bed watching TV and all of a sudden felt like there was somthing crawling up my leg..I yelled out to Rave to lift off the blankets to check what [...]

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Procedures #6 and #7

Nov 20, 2009 9 Comments

Hi everyone, Ash has had a busy week with two more procedures, both of which he has had before. The first was another 3-day procedure, the catheter up the spine into which they pump stemcells twice a day. He had a couple of days rest after that then received another Deep Spinal Muscle injection, a [...]

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Halfway there!

Nov 07, 2009 12 Comments

Well we’ve made it to the halfway point. Ash bounced back from the Lumbar procedure after a few days and is feeling great again. He had one more procedure yesterday, a Caudal injection into the tailbone area to try to kick-start the bladder and bowels. All went well and there were no nasty side-effects from [...]

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Procedure #4

Nov 01, 2009 14 Comments

Hi Guys, I won’t lie, its been a really rough few days. I went in for my lumbar puncture procedure on Wednesday. This was an injection of stemcells directly into the centre of my spinal cord. The side effects from this procedure are not nice, throbbing headaches, followed by nausea and vomiting and virtually no [...]

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Diwali

Oct 23, 2009 14 Comments

Hi everybody Well its finally cooling down here in Delhi the days are still sunny but now its pleasant! Much better for sight-seeing. Diwali was incredible, fireworks like you’ve never seen before and everywhere you look! It went on all night. Ash is doing an amazing job on his calipers, his steps get stronger and [...]

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Procedure #3

Oct 16, 2009 10 Comments

Well its only been a week since the last procedure but the team here decided today Ash was ready for the DSM – deep spinal muscle injection. This is two injections on either side of the spinal cord at injury site to stimulate the muscles around it and also his core muscles. It only took [...]

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Procedure #2

Oct 07, 2009 23 Comments

Hi everyone, Ash is currently on the last day of his second surgical procedure. This is a 3-day procedure where he has a 1mm in diameter catheter inserted into his spine half way up his back, this runs up to the point of injury at his neck and out again. Twice a day for the [...]

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