Penny don't forget that he needs to eat good nutritious foods that will also help his body get stronger faster. That is if you can get him to eat that kind of food. Doctors don't normally know anything about treating a patient with good nutrition. Pills are just so much easier to hand out to the patients! I can just see you bringing him a can of spinach and telling him it will make good pop-eye muscles for snow shoveling! LOL Ranchmama Okie zone 7a