Well I've begun to meet some of my fellow patients. We sat around the common area last night and it really did feel like I was at the UN. We have people from Croatia, Serbia, Cypress, Greece the US and I believe a Canadian. English really is the universal language and everyone seems to know enough to get the point across. Those that don't get their comments translated by someone else which makes for hectic noisy conversations.
I have heard some crazy stories as you might imagine. The fellow from Croatia was in the Croatian air force and was practicing parachuting. For some reason he lost consciousness and was not able to pull his chute cord in time. He suffered multiple injuries one of which was a broken back. Obviously he lucky he's not dead but he's hoping Neuro Vita helps. I told him he needs more practice parachuting he howled.
Lots of car and motorcycle accidents and the shame of it, 21 years old is the common thread running through most of the stories. All in all very nice folks who are much different than me but who lead very interesting lives. Yahtzee is the game of choice in the evenings so I hope to come back a Yahtzee pro.
Several more test today, what the tests should reveal is if the piece of tumor that remains in my spine has in fact not grown for over 3 years. The concern is if there was any growth during that time period that the stem cells they inject might actually activate and it would begin to grow again. So a few more MRI's and comparisons with old ones should help solve the question. If there is growth end of game and I go home. I don't think there has been any but of course it's always good to be safe.
Some pictures of my room sort of like a single dorm room in college and my Russian Friend Oleg who is helping me navigate my way through this maze. I have also included some pictures of a party last night. The family from Croaita leaves Thursday so they bot pizza beer and vodka and asked the entire floor to come enjoy.
I tried my best!
JE
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