September 24, 2008- Almost 1 week
We’ve been here almost a week now…sorry I haven’t written, we’ve had very limited internet access until now. Our flight was good. Long, but good. When we got to Bejing and had to change to go to Qingdao, the staff saw my walker and insisted on taking me in a wheelchair. What a godsend! Bejing Airport is beautiful AND HUGE. They took us around the whole airport (it seemed), through customs, got our baggage, checked us and our baggage on the domestic flight, and took us to the waiting area of our next flight. Then they showed back up 20 minutes before our flight took off to assist in boarding! Deana and I joke saying that we’d still be stuck in the first of four elevators that they took us through! There was a driiver waiting for us with an interpreter. We were supposed to go to a hotel for the night, and check into the hospital on the 20th, but they had our room ready for us, so we came directly here. It was a whirlwind… Nurses and Doctors, temp, blood pressure, initial exam, no time wasted! The next day I had a PT evaluation and we went to the store with a couple of other folks from here and an interpreter. It is a visual experience, There is so much going on it’s wild. We got what we needed for the time being. Sundays here are free days for us. Everyone on our floor is really nice. They each have their own story… well David (Boston) arranged this awesome trip…POLAR WORLD, JESSCO (shopping and lunch) MAY 4th SQUARE, THE BEACH, and back. We were all so exhausted, we never did make it to the beach. Monday, pretty much everyone had a treatment. I had my first treatment via IV, they do that to make sure you’re not allergic to the stem cells. I had a headache that was all consuming on Tuesday. There’s a team of doctors that come in every morning to see how you’re doing, they cancelled everything I had scheduled for the day and ordered me some medication and told me to rest. They didn’t seem concerned, apparently it’s a common side effect. Well, those two little pills did the trick! I slept all day, was still able to sleep all night, and woke up headache free! Deana and I ventured out to the store ourselves today armed only with my electronic translator. We got everthing we needed from the grocery store, and even did a little side shopping! Came back and I had PT (where1 I realized everything I need to work on- balance wise). OOPS-dinner just came, gotta eat it while it’s hot
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