Friday, Oct. 10th.
Good Evening from China. Brooke did have her 3rd Stem Cell treatment today via IV. This treatment went well for her. We had to go to the 9th floor to the IV room. Before we entered the room, we had to put on protective shoe covers. Diane did not walk with me there. I carried Brooke to the room and wanted a book or DVD player for her while she was receiving her treatment, so I asked the nurse if she could get Brooke’s grandma but of course she had no idea what I was saying. There were these people from Romania in there and they spoke english and went to get Diane for me. Anyways, I was sitting in the IV room with Brooke and I could here Diane cussing outside of the door because she couldn’t get the covers on. She kept falling over and ripping the covers trying to put them on. She did this several times. I was laughing so hard I was crying. She did not know that we could hear her.
Brooke is feeling much more like her happy self. She is pretty much back to normal. She is still on an antibiotic and will be until Sunday. Her next stem cell injection is Wednesday. This is suppose to be via Spinal. This also means that Diane and I will not be able to leave the hospital all weekend and we do have a free weekend. We are beginning to go a bit crazy here because we have to stay in the room. Along with her antibiotic, she is receiving glucose and sodium water. I sure hope this does not delay her treatments. Brooke has not been to therapy all week. Today i borrowed a therapy ball from my neighbor who is from Canada and did some exercises with her. She cooperated very well and was eager to exercise.
We have been eating Chicken Ceasar Salads the past few nights. It is very good and safe. Diane walks to this outdoor market in an extremly poor area accross from the hospital and buys fresh veggies, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes and red peppers.
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