Austin’s CP Blog

China5

July 7th, 2008

Hi,

All is well here. We leave one week from tomorrow. The time here is starting to go fast. Austin’s fourth treatment went well. He will have his last spinal treatment on Monday and his last IV treatment on Friday and then we leave next Sunday. Yesterday we had the day off and went with some of our friends here around the downtown area. We stopped by the local Qingdao Harley Shop. It was still being built but had the signs up. Then we went to a Walmart. I got a pink bag for carrying items from Walmart that says Walmart in Chinese and English. And then we ate at McDonalds. Their cheeseburgers taste better here – maybe they use better beef! Who knows. Then we were going to go the beach but it rained. So we went again to the GMO market. It is a place that you can haggle with the prices. It is really neat.

Sat. July 5 – Austin had another full day of therapy. He gets such good therapy here. He has PT in the morning. Tom is his therapist. He is so good with Austin. He works him hard but also loves on him a lot. Austin’s body always feels so good and loose when he is done. After PT Austin goes in the stander for 30 minutes. Then we get a 2 hour break for lunch and Austin often takes his nap. Then he gets electric stimulation therapy. After that he gets acupuncture. Austin no longer cries for acupuncture. At first it seemed so weird but we are used to it now. I do think it is doing something. I know it has been around for 3,000 years or more. Then in the evenings we sometimes go out for diner or eat here and hang out with friends in the lobby. Some of our friends have already left and new ones are coming in. It seems so busy for us here. I thought I would have a lot of time to catch up on things but I have not. I am too busy with treatments, therapy and taking care of Austin’s daily needs.

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