David much improved

I am so happy to report that David has improved markedly. Today, he was able to walk by himself with someone (i.e. me or the physical therapist) just hovering next to him. This is a dramatic improvement from barely being able to lift his legs while lying down a couple of weeks ago.

Tomorrow, he is scheduled to be transferred to a rehab hospital (Fliman Hospital) in the Nave Shaanan area of Haifa. I suspect that he actually won't be there very long because he'll be ready to be sent home. But whatever time he does spend there will be very helpful for getting him really back on track and healthy again.

So, you may be asking, what caused all these problems? We asked the chief neurologist on the ward about that today, and she said that they have concluded that it was a reaction to, of all things, his anti-epilepsy medicine! At one point, they had been concerned about an irregularity that his MRI showed, but now they think that it was a result of the seizures rather than their cause. He is to have another MRI to be scheduled 6 weeks after the first, and they expect that the abnormality will have disappeared by then.

David and I are now both feeling much relief, and we want to thank all of you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.