http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/experimental-surgery-helps-relieve-kids-with-spina-bifida-and-spinal/984049
"What are we here for?" Linda Covelli asked her as they waited for surgery on Friday.
Journey shouted:
"The Xiao!"

Now, the neurological healing and nerve regeneration will take at least eight months.
Then Adam will find out if he can change his life just by scratching his thigh.

By 6 months after surgery, he and his mother noted significant improvement in his bladder function ...

The patient’s and his mother’s optimism at 6 months gradually waned over the ensuing 18 months. By 1 year after surgery, he was no longer able to initiate any voiding by scratching himself on either leg; he remained incontinent of urine, requiring a continuous diaper; he had frequent enuresis; and he classified his improvement in bladder function after surgery as only slight. By 2 years after surgery, he and his mother believed that he had had no improvement in bladder function since the surgery and no improvement in his quality of life as a result of the surgery; he was incontinent, in a diaper and wetting the bed every night, and he no longer had an urge to void when he scratched his leg. He and his mother asked to terminate their involvement in the study, to return to BAMs, and to consider other options for treating his neurogenic bladder dysfunction.