Archive for June, 2007
Just finished all the therapy for the day. She continues to improve on all her therapy. Went to the temple and lake yesterday. Drove by Ferrari, Porsche, amd Maserati dealerships. It was very nice around the lake.
She will have her last stem cell transfer on Wednesday. She has been sleeping and eating well. She continues to love her walks around the floor. Good thing it is summer whne we return because I think she will continue to enjoy the walks. We may have to rent the neighbor’s time to walk her.
Heather returns tomorrow after her exhaustive shopping spree with Sydney and Michelle. Then we are in the home stretch. It will be nice to have everyone home. Gotta go, need to walk more. Was going to the market but it is now raining. Saw the sun yesterday, it was a beautiful day. Goodbye for now.
June 4th, 2007
Brooke’s therapy was again good yesterday afternoon. She walked in the walker about the same distance. I need to make one correction, it was about 200 FEET not yards. Either way I thought she did great. Going to a temple today since Sunday is a free day. She starts a different schedule tomorrow so we will see how that goes. Might be better for her but will not allow excursions in the afternoon. Not a big deal to me but it may curtail Heather’s visits to the markets. Gotta go, she can only sit here for so long. We’ll try an update tomorrow after therapy.
How’s the weather in Michigan? Summer should be in full swing by now. I think I have seen the sun for a total of about 5 hours since I have been here. Very humid and hazy all the time.
June 3rd, 2007
I know the last post was more about what was going on so this one is more about Brooke’s progress. Yesterday after her afternoon nap she finished up therapy by walking in a walker roughly 200 yards. It is a sling type walker and with the therpist moving the walker, which is all on wheels, she took every step. She is not as stable if she does it on her own but she is putting one foot in front of the other much better. I have seen many differerences from when she left May 9th to when I arrived. It is very encouraging. Many of her motor skills have seemed to improve also, including her finger dexterity. We have therapy again this afternoon so I need to get fussy britches for a stroll aroud the floor before we go to therapy. She has been sleeping and eating well.
Thanks to everyone for the encouraging words and prayers. It is nice to read everyone’s comments. Tomorrow is an off day but I will get something penned at some point. Going to try and visit a temple. Goodbye for now.
June 2nd, 2007
The parenting duty has now switched at the hspital. Heather made it back to Shanghai and I made it through the first night and Brooke slept through the night. She was up around 6:15 but she took 2 naps yesterday for almost 1.5 hours each. I understand this is pretty typical the day after her treatment. We did our morning laps and said hello to everyone that was up and moving. She is now getting a little restless while I compose my first blog entry. She has the patience of her mother.
I can see that after a day here, Heather’s trip back to Shanghai is well deserved. OK, gotta go before she jumps out of the stroller.
June 1st, 2007
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