Joseph’s Friedreich’s Ataxia Blog

3rd Stem Cell Treatment

March 3rd, 2009

3-3-09

Most of the morning was like any other except I had to go to WalMart and to the bank. Diana came to our room about 10:00a.m. so she could go with me. The first and only time I had ever used the ATM machine here in China was about a week ago and it turns out that the machine gave me a counterfeit bill. It was 100 yuan (equivelant to $14.00 USD). I found this out when I tried to pay for our dinner one night and was told that it was fake money. Anyway, Diana was going to try to explain to the bank what happened and maybe they would reimburse my money. I guess my receipt wasn’t enough proof so, needless to say, I have a 100 yuan souvenir, hahahaha. We went to walmart to get a few things then headed back to the hospital. Joey had some visitors while I was gone. The neighbor down the hall (also asian) came in to talk to Joey about any progress that he may be making, the laundry lady picked up our laundry, doctor Amy, and a few nurses.  

His SCT was scheduled for 2:00p.m. as usual, and they came to take him about 2:05. At 2:25 he came back and said that this one didn’t hurt at all. I started watching the clock, expecting some intense pain by 4:30. It is now 5:10 p.m. and Joey is sleeping. We stayed up until about 2:00a.m. this morning hoping again to avoid some pain. I’m sure Joey wouldn’t be sleeping if the pain was very bad. THANK YOU JESUS!!!! We’ll see how long he sleeps. If all goes well, he will be able to go to PT & OT tomorrow. I will keep you all posted.

Thank you everyone for all the great comments. Joey asks me everyday to read them to him. We look forward to them very much.

JUST A TIP: American DVD’s do not work in China, that is a bummer since my sister sent us some good movies to watch. Thank you anyway Darla.

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