Itchy

Jake finished treatment day 47 today. Even with being very conservative and critical, I do feel that he is walking just a little bit better. He seems to rarely swing his left leg outward but seems to swing it straight and land just a little bit heel to toe now. More interesting than that was this morning as we were walking to the buffet and he stopped and bent over. I asked him what he was doing and he said his leg had an itch. I asked him which leg and he said the left. Tonight the same thing happened but with his left foot. His left leg and especially his foot have been numb since about a year ago. I am hoping that this is the beginning of feeling coming back to his foot as when a foot falls "asleep" and then begins to wake up. We will wait and see, cautiously optimistic as always. The last MRI in India is one week from tomorrow Oct 30, then 1 last day of treatment the following day and on the way home Nov 1st. Next Tuesday we will have our second major outing to a "Tiger Safari" and to the War Museum, then to a hotel nearby for refreshments. The safari and museum are only a hour long and just 15 minutes away so it should be ok for Jake. The tigers are in cages of course. Also starting next week is the famous India light festival where for many days there will be fireworks each night to celebrate life and everywhere will be lit with lights. We will be going to Anil Pandeys home that night for dinner and then up his stairs to the roof to watch the fireworks.
One last note, Happy Birthday to Alex my son who is 19 today!