Still Improving Every Day!

Bryson continues to improve every day since he had his first stem cell treatment! The doctors that did the procedure are just amazed at how quickly we started seeing results. The acupuncturist told me at his appointment on Friday that there was so much more going on than before! She usually does acupuncture on him with a probe that has these wet q-tips on the end of it that uses electrical currents, but this time she used traditional Chinese acupuncture with the needles. She said she felt so many things she had never felt before and that his legs and feet jumped and responded in ways they had not before his stem cell treatment. After a couple of minutes with the needles in, he actually started sweating and got a little flushed and he got a really strange look on his face and hid his eyes and almost started to cry. She took the needles out and said it was because for the first time he was having a bit of sensory overload, which means he was feeling things he had never felt before and was not able to express what he was feeling. She said sometimes it feels like you are about to faint and children his age can't express what that feels like so he teared up. Bryson's balance continues to get better and better. He doesn't prop with his hands as much when he is sitting and he uses both hands out front for way longer than he used to and can even put his arms over his head and not immediately fall. He is getting on his knees and holding that position for much longer now than he did before. Before he would get on his knees and within a couple of seconds his legs would collapse under him. He can now sit on his knees for quite some time and while he's on them he swings his hips back and forth. We thank God on a daily basis for Bryson's healing and for putting those stem cells right where they need to be and we thank Him for the day that our little boy walks for the first time!!!!!

More Progress from God and Stem Cells!

Great news!!!! My mom and I were at a store in Emory called Alco with Bryson the other day, (she was getting him a toy, and yes, he is spoiled rotten like that, but that's neither here nor there) and we both noticed while he was in the shopping cart that he was extending his left leg a the knee! We both looked at one another and just giggled and I pushed his little leg back down and he straightened it out again, and again, and again! Well, Bryson had therapy today and his therapist confirmed that he definitely has firing of his quad and hamstring in his left leg and that he was moving it by using those muscles! Woohoo! Praise God! Also, she said he has some firing in his right hip as well! Woot,woot and praise God again! God is putting those stem cells right where they need to be and He's doing it quicker than we ever imagined! So, now Bryson has movement in his foot and toes on the left foot, slight movement in his right foot and toes, firing in his left quad and hamstring, and firing in his right hip! Glory be to the most awesome, amazing, powerful God I serve! At this rate, Bryson will not only be walking, but running in the next couple of months! Stay tuned for more to come.........