Jarrett:

Don't worry, he's not having any kind of traction. Right now, he's getting a home infusion of gammaglobulin and as soon as the meds started to go into his body, the PN in his feet stopped. He just looked at the nurse and said "wow, this thing kicks in fast, doesn't it??" The nurse said "oh, yes, it does that from time to time. NOt with everybody but ocassionally, like for example, I have a patient with MS who could not see out of one eye, when I administered the home infusion, she was able to get vision back in that eye".

So sometimes, this IVIG thing works faster for some people than for others.

And as for anybody touching Alan's spine, you would not believe what I do for him when he lays down. I take my arm and press up and down pounding into his spine. He goes to heaven. Been doing this for 5 or so years.

I even showed the chiropractic/neurologist how I do this. This was during Alan's first appointmet wth Dr. Theil, his chiro/neurologist. Dr. Theil said "well, he obviously likes it and it makes him feel better so go for it".

I showed Dr. Theirl exactly what I do. Maybe I'm re-alligning his spine, I have no idea, but his PN got better (with Dr. Theirl and his adjustments) and my pounding on his back at night. I once got my friend Elaine, who is anorexic and weighed all of 80 lbs at the time.

Alan got down on the floor and she walked on his spine. Well, he was not only in heaven, he said "anytime you can get her to come over and walk on my back, go for it". Unfortunately she now has Stage 3 cancer and isn't walking on anyone's back but for a time, Alan loved it.

If I got on his back, I'd break it......lol
Maybe someday, when I'm nice and skinny.

We did tell Dr. Theirl about her walking on his back and Dr. Theirl said "no one should ever walk on anyone's back" but he did chuckle.

mel