Just smile and wave boys, just smile and wave…
This has become the theme of our adventures out. It’s funny because we have been trying to teach Tyler that it’s not nice to stare at people. But, with what we deal with here it seems a little unfair to enforce it! Today we were at the Lotte Mart and people just love to see us. haha I think Bradley’s fire red hair is what really draws attention. Along with that, he loves to scream in short little bursts over and over again. Everything is is so big and open that he loves to hear the echos in every building we go into. It’s quite a nightmare. Jason and I find ourselves repeating the words from the ”Madagascar” penguins to them and we always have a good little chuckle, “just smile and wave boys, just smile and wave”. Its very funny.
China is growing on us, just a little bit. Today was a good day and we are continuing to adjust and are beginning to enjoy our time here. There are just a couple things that I don’t think we’ll ever truly enjoy. We’re still getting used to the “smell” of China. It’s not too bad but there are definitely little “pockets” of odor everywhere. We’ll be walking along and all is fine and them BAM it hits and it is SMELLY. The elevators are one of the worst places. We have to take an elevator every time we go in and out of the hospital. We are on the 8th floor and the elevator is rather slow. Today we were in the elevator heading down and Bradley says “Mom, (“what Bradley”)… it stinks. jason and I just giggled under our breaths because we didn’t know if anyone in the elevator understood what he said but we thought it was hilarious.
Bradley did GREAT with his treatment today. Yeah!! We were truly nervous about getting the IV in and having him sit still for that amount of time. We prayed and prayed that it’d be good and it was awesome. The nurses here are amazing. I am so impressed with how thorough and good they are at everything they do. They whipped the IV line into his foot like it was nothing. He went all morning/afternoon with it in and didn’t bother it at all. Which is truly a miracle since we all know how sensitive he is to touch and strange things on his body. Then at 5 o’clock this evening we went into a little room and they hooked up his IV bag that contained the stem cells and the NGF (nueral growth factor). It’s a yellowish color and looks a lot like urine. (there’s a visual for ya). The minute they hooked up the IV, Bradley’s eyes got sleepy and he was out the entire time. He just layed on Jason’s lap and it was a breeze. What a blessing!!!
Keep on praying… we send our love to all you at home. Till tomorrow, Chao!
(Still can’t figure out how to load the pics, the files are too big, but they are coming soon…)
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