Ella’s China Blog

All Treatments and Therapy Completed

July 28th, 2009

A few hours ago Ella received her final stem cell treatment and the last of her therapy.  Don said her therapy session was the best one ever and she also slept through much of her stem cell treatment.  Don said she sucked up the stem cells faster than any of the other ones and they were done in no time.

Tomorrow will be a day of rest and packing as they prepare to head back home:)  It has been an amazing time for our family and we cannot wait to have Don and Ella back with us on Thursday!!!!  The kids and I are looking forward to decorating things up a bit with a welcome home sign and balloons…..hmmmm hope Don isn’t reading this! 

Ella really was showing off for us over the weekend and we were really excited to see how strong she is getting.  She would lay on her tummy and with both arms totally straight she would lift her torso and head up and hold it there.  It was great and she did it several times.  Don said she sat on the orange couches for 2 hrs. the other night byherself and was just so happy.  She is really building more stamina and in such a different enviroment, I can’t wait to see what she will do once she gets in her own home again!

Don took us all on another tour of the hospital and introduced us to some of the new stem cell family members.  Our little Ollie friends were here Saturday and Sunday along with my parents so Hazel and Maddie were quite excited to talk to Ella and Don.  Poor Hazel, Don gave her such a hard time about doing her hair for her when he arrives back home.  You see, Don has learned to do piggy tails in Ella’s hair and does a very good job so he is thinking of setting up shop here:)  Just kidding Hazel!  Everyone on the other end of the computer were so happy to see all the kids gathered around the computer to see all of them.  The kids would get so excited when Don would introduce us to someone they would all say hello and the persons name so you can imagine how loud it got with 5 kiddos waving and shouting hello……I think we were probably heard all over the hospital.  It was great fun though.

Yesterday, a very good friend of mine and Don’s stopped by so all of us adults cracked open some Qingdao brewed beer.  Yep, I found one six pack at Hy-Vee so I just had to get it.  It was super good and fun for us to try what Don has been talking about.  It was a good weekend spent with my family and friends and in a sense celebrating Don and Ella’s arrival in a few days.

Please focus your prayers the next few days on Don and Ella’s travel home.  We pray for a safe trip to Chicago to pick them up and a safe trip back home and for Don and Ella to have a good and safe flight home.  I cannot wait to hold both of them in my arms again!!

This may be my last posting before they get home so I want to thank you again for your love and support.  To those of you who have had the kids and I over to your homes, those who have stopped in to say Hi, the ones who have called or emailed please know how much it was all appreciated.  I have some wonderful friends out there……..you know who you are:)  THANKS!

Thanks for keeping up with our journey and I cannot wait to post more exciting news as the next few months go on:)  I will be posting some new pics soon so be looking for those as well.

Lots of Love,

Tanya

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