The doctors believe Balabhadra has Guillain-Barr� syndrome.

"Guillain-Barr� syndrome (say "ghee-YAN bah-RAY") is a problem with your nervous system. It causes muscle weakness, loss of reflexes, and numbness or tingling in your arms, legs, face, and other parts of your body.

Guillain-Barr� syndrome (GBS) can cause paralysis and lead to death."

Thanks to Baladeva and Cara (our son and daughter-in-law) who matched the symptoms with the disease and then we asked the doctors to look for the signs of it when they did the spinal tap. They did find indication that he had GBS and they will begin treatment quickly. One of the ways it can enter into your body is through food poisoning. Balabhadra said that he drank some milk in the Ukraine and after that he was sick for several days. He had terrible stomach upset. With this fact and the symptom match, the doctors agreed to test for it.  It can only be found scientifically by a spinal tap.

The heart beat and blood pressure can be greatly affected and when he reached Ruby Memorial Hospital his heart rate was very high and so was his blood pressure and so was the pain. It was becoming more and more a very serious situation.

"You may need to be treated in the hospital for the first few weeks. This is because GBS can be deadly if weakness spreads to muscles that control breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.

In the hospital, you may get a plasma exchange or intravenous immune globulin (IVIG)."

      In a plasma exchange, blood is taken out of your body. The harharmful antibodies are removed from the blood, and then the blob blood is returned to your body.

      In IVIG, helpful antibodies are added to your blood."

 He He will get one of these treatments.

"These treatments may help your body fight the disease and may speed your recovery if they are used when you first get GBS.

If you had severe muscle weakness, you may need physical or occupational therapy. You will also need exercise to help you regain muscle strength and movement. You may need help with daily tasks for a while. "

What I have quoted is from this following web site but there are more websites that have more detailed information.

http://www.webmd.com/brain/tc/guillain-barre-syndrome-topic-overview

It is not known how long it will take for Balabhadra to regain full movement. Each case is different. It could be a year, it could be 6 months. It is also rare as most people will just get stomach problems from food posioning and 1 in a thousand get Guillain-Barr� syndrome.

I would like to apologize for not keeping in better touch with everyone. I have been sick, diagnosed with influenza of the original kind that can be serious. (That's what the doctors say). I am now getting better but Lakshmi and Balaji have it. We all should be better in a week. The doctors say they haven't seen this strain in this area for some time.  I probably picked it up from the recent travels.

Thank you very much everyone and we will try to give you an update in a few days.