Corey’s CP Blog

Ready to return home

September 2nd, 2008

After 33 days in a hospital in China we are ready to return home.  We have been doing the rounds saying goodbye to everybody.  Corey’s back pain must be getting better as he is walking for longer periods.  While packing last night Corey was watching teletubbies and he was singing along with a song and clapping.  I noticed that he was clapping moving both hands.  He would previously clap moving his right hand only as he has more tightness in his left hand.  But he was moving both hands.

The improvements to date that I believe Corey has had are:

Speech has improved however I can’t be certain that this has happened due to his treatment here.  Torso strength, this is definitely an improvement that has happened here due to his treatment.  Alert, he is more active, can’t sit still when holding him, wants to touch everything. Better hands movement and control. 

It will be interesting to see once we get home what mummy sees as she will only know him from when we left home and should be a better judge.  Based on what I have been told he should continue having progressive improvement and the stem cells should be in full swing in approx. 6 months. 

As mentioned earlier, the staff here have been very kind giving Corey lots of hugs and kisses.  They will be missed.  But we can’t wait to get home.  Below are photos of us saying our goodbyes to the PT guys and doctors.

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