Little Blessings……And Qingdao Beer
July 11th, 2009
Everything continues to go well for Ella and Don in China. Ella is getting more settled in with her therapy rountine and is doing well with it. She continues to use the stander twice a day, even though it is very different from her stander here at home she is getting use to it now. She gets worked hard in therapy which is great!
Don is seeing more little changes or blessings as I am calling them with Ella. He is noticing that her pupils are enlarged for good portions of the day. Ella’s pupils have always been very tiny and with the second stem cell treatment he is seeing that this has changed. Not sure what this could mean, but am excited that it is yet another little difference:)
Don enjoyed his first Qingdao beer last night. In celebration of it being Friday night he went to the hospital store and bought a Qingdao bottle of beer. He said it was a 20 ounce bottle that cost him less than 50 cents in US currency. How crazy is that?! And how funny that you can purchase beer within the hospital…..now why have we American’s not thought of that one??? He said it tasted very similar to Busch Light, he really liked it.
Today is Saturday there already so when we last video called Ella had just finished her breakfast and she was getting ready for her bath. They were then going to go to the Lotte Mart and try to find some nail clippers ( I forgot to pack that item) among other things. Don has been able to find Gatorade there and a good brand of juice for Ella. After that he thought they may check out the couple of parks that are close by. One is lit up just beautifully at night, it reminds me of Disney’s It’s A Small World or something along the lines of what you would see in Holland perhaps??? I told him to make sure he took the camera along to get more pics for me:) He holds the laptop up to the window most days so we can see what is going on outside their window and check out the weather.
So today and tomorrow are their days off so they will just do some relaxing and meet with some of the newbies that have moved into the ward:) I look forward to hearing all about the new families.
Don is still awaiting the arrival of our care boxes. They are held up in customs but hopefully today they will get them. Fedex called me yesterday for another number to call the hospital and they faxed them a list of what I had sent. The translator had to take it to Don and have him explain what the items were and then she had to write it down in Chinese and fax back to them. They have no idea what Pop Tarts, Breakfast bars/granola bars, anything like that is so they actually had not torn into the boxes they just didn’t understand what I had put on the list and needed assistance. Hopefully all is well now and they will be enjoying their goodies very soon:)
Don really does like the pizza there and is on his third variety of it. The last he tried was BBQ Chicken and he said it was really good. I hear they have hamburgers next door at a little place in the Lotte Mart so maybe he can grab one of those too.
Until Next Post,
Tanya
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1. MikeV | July 11th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Tanya, it’s great news that Ella is experiencing improvements! Maybe the pupil dialation is because she has light perception now?? Whatever it is, it can only be good…..no, make that GREAT
Please let Don know that Michael and I send our best. Ella has captured the hearts of many, and will continue to do so!
BTW, Customs made me open a package of tuna salad/crackers because they didn’t know what it was. Lame!
Look forward to hearing more Ella success stories!
Debbie and Michael
2. marcia | July 11th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Hello, Don and Ella,
So glad to hear that everything is going Great with both of you. And that is awe sum to hear that Ella’s pupils are in largering.
And Don about the Beer you can’t beat paying 50 cents for a bottle of beer. You will have to have one more often.
Have a great time at the park and checking more things out.
Been thinking about you alot!! Our thoughts and Prayers continue to be with you on this beautiful and blessing journey.
Take Care
Love Marcia, Karl,Derek,Spencer
3. marla | July 12th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Thanks Tanya for the updates.
We will keep praying for more blessings!!!!
4. Helen Ward | July 13th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Tanya, I am very glad to here about Ella’s (little blessings)!I hope the best is still to come!!!
HAZEL
5. DON and ELLA | July 13th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Hey Tanya Ella and I was just reading what we are doing over here and I think you got it. You missed one thing I could become a drunkin couch potato with this really good beer. (JUST KIDDING)
Things are really good and the people here are very very caring from the doctor ,nurses, translaters and of course the other families from all over the world USA TURKEY LYBIA ENGLAND FRANCE IRELAND ROMANIA and so forth we try to work together
no matter where you are from. We all have a story that most of the time leaves those listening turning their head to wipe a tear. We all came here to try to help a loved one and thats our interest. So hats off to you folks in the states I will be home soon. Tanya keep putting the word out your doing great.
Love DON and ELLA
6. Laura Brinck | July 13th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Hey Don and Ella
Another week gone and sounds that all is going great! Thanks for the pictures – it will be great to have you narrate once you get home. I’ll try to stop by this week so that I can talk to you and Ella. Keep up the good work and Ella work hard for Tom.
Love and Prayers – The Brincks
7. kyle | July 14th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Ella really seems to be adjusting to the stander and the hospital. Don brought her out to visit everyone on the orange couches today in her car seat. She was so happy and she was smiling so much! She is a precious little girl and I am praying for good things to come for her!
8. Jill and Kurt | July 15th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Sounds like everything is going GREAT! And Yes, Don, there have been many tears of joy and gratitude as you are continually in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you for posting the pictures and allowing us to be apart of your journey. What would we do without technology?
9. Laura Brinck | July 15th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Hey Don:
Just got back from lunch – Had Chinese at Hy-Vee.
Word of the day is “Wei dao zhen hao” (way) (dah-oh) (shen)(how) It’s delicious ! Just trying to help out your second lanquage.
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