Movement

I was sitting in the hot time in February when I noticed something very interesting. I imagine that it was possible to move my left leg just a little bit to the left. The movement might have been a millimeter, certainly no more, and was only possible in the zero gravity environment provided by the hot tub. However, when you have a spinal cord injury and have had no movement in your legs since the accident any movement is a very big deal.

For some time since the accident I had been gaining feeling in my left thigh. Most of the feelings were feelings of pain but feeling is feeling and might be a sign of something going on. I have since regained some feeling in my right thigh as well, less painful than that of the last but still painful.

Movement is something else and indicates the possibility that my legs might become something more than useless appendages. Over the next several weeks the movement in my left leg grew from a millimeter or so to several inches. As the muscle became stronger I was even able to move the leg outside of the hot tub as long as there was no weight on the parts being  moved.