Happy New Year everybody----- from Stephen in
Baltimore----- and all of the Murray Family.
2008 has got to be a year of successfull physical
therapy, resulting in regaining some usefull physical
movements of some limbs.
Everything is now set up to achieve results and here
we are in Baltimore at the start of some very special
treatments in The InternationaL Spinal Cord Injury
Centre of The Kennedy Krieger Institute.
This is run by the world renowned neurologist Dr. John
Mcdonald, who has spent a great many years researching
spinal cord injuries and who spent 3 years helping
Superman actor Christopher Reeves regain some
functions.
He is a guy who truly believes that NOTHING IS
IMPOSSIBLE and is dialled in to Stephen big time. The
pair of them are totally dedicated to regaining
movement , so as long as Stephen can keep himself well
medically, I am sure that they will succeed.
Stephen spent Christmas and New Year at their new [to
them] home in Riverside with his wife Melissa, sons
Seth 5 and Mason 2 , but after 4 weeks in a home
environment, Stephen and Melissa flew to the East
coast of America to begin a 6 week program with Dr.
John Mcdonald in Baltimore.
Unfortunately , the long flight and everything that it
entailed ,resulted in Stephen having the most chronic
neck pain ,and after 4 days was admitted to E.R. with
Pneumonia and a bladder infection.
3 days and nights in hospital again for
Stephen-----felt lousy but out he came for 3 days
before being admitted again for another day due to
dehydration and the follow on effects of the Pneumonia
and bladder infection.
I [Stephens dad Jeff] feel we may have turned the
corner and got Stephen into a better medical
condition, well enough to hammer away at a
concentrated pattern of physical therapy, consisting
of electrical stimulation of nerves and muscles as
well as his 2 therapists physically moving limbs.It is
such a treat to seeing Stephen working out again,
enjoying physical movements, designed to getting him
moving his body parts himself .
Stephen without doubt, is making progress and as such
we have increased his stay in Baltimore by a week to
make up for the week wasted in Hospital
I am due to fly back to the U.K. this Sunday [27 jan.]
but his mam Cynthia is due out in Baltimore Saturday
9th February for a week with Stephen and I know she
will be truly amazed at actually seeing Stephen in
action going through his physical therapy routines.
As ever we are staying strong for Stephen and know
that there is no option------all of you continue to
play your own parts in different ways and it is truly
appreciated by all of the Murray Family.
WE WILL GET THERE
JEFF
