Archive for October, 2008
Hi everyone,
All is going well here , i started having treatment on my legs this week including accupunture which now invovles about another 20 needles for your information Astrid, and its pain.I also have to do what they call standing treatment which is where you have to stand on a angled platform and you get strapped in to lean on a table and i have to stand there for 20 minutes and it stretches the back of the calf muscle and its painful. I am getting wave therapy and andy recomended that i buy a machine to keep my muscles strong.The machine send pulses into your muscles making the muscles looser.I can now stand up in physio unsupported for at least five minutes and i can nearly get back into the wheelchair by myself.I had another lumbar punture on monday and a iv on friday and i am having my last treatment tommorow which is another lumbar punture.We are having a day off today.Thank you all for your comments i appreciate it i am missing you all , i hope touch is going well i will write again during the week. love the Irwins
October 26th, 2008
Hi everyone,
I am having another lumbar punture tommorow it will be my fourth one in a row.we had the weekend off but we did not go anywhere we just rested.Annette went to a new supermarket looking for cream but was unsucessfull cream is very hard to buy here.Then one of the nurses went with her to the RT mart to try and find some but they could not find any there either. Last night we went to a birthday party for one of the patients he was turning one and he was here with his parents last time we came here as well .Courtney is running wild she thinks that she is one of the nurses she sits up with them in the nurses station drawing while they try and work, it will be very quiet for them when we leave.Happy birthday Caitlan we have been trying to ring you we will keep trying we hope you had a good day we have been thinking of you.I hope you are going well at home we miss everyone , we will write again on wednesday.Love the Irwins
October 19th, 2008
Hi everyone,
Everything is going good so far i have noticed an improvement in my neck strength , i can stand without losing my balance for at least five minutes .Mum went home on sunday it is hard for Annette without her here to help.Courtney is missing having her here to.I am having my next lumbar punture tommorow it is my third one in a row i am hoping the next one will be the iv .The weather is quite hot here at the moment it is good to have air conditioning.I hope touch is going well Dean and Matt,missing you all we will write again on friday. love the Irwins
October 14th, 2008
Hi everyone,
All is going well here, we went to the safari park on sunday and we saw all sorts of animals , no pandas though we took heaps of pictures.Courtney did not like the elephants , on monday i had my first lumbar punture it went ok. I have been doing the usual physio, accupunture and wave therapy all week . Tommorow i have my next lumbar punture, not much else to say except mum is going home on sunday, mum and Annette are going to the night markets on saturday i will do another post on sunday. I hope school is good caitlan we are missing you heaps bye everyone .The Irwins
October 9th, 2008
Hi everyone,
We arrived in china on tuesday at lunch time, we were very tired from the flight, so we slept on tuesday.Wednesday i had my assesment with the doctor and the physio, the physio said that i am overweight and i need to lose weight so that i can walk properly. All the treatment started on thursday i had physio , wave therapy and accupunture, the accupunture was painful.I had my first stem cell treatment on friday through the drip in the arm, so i did not have to lay flat for six hours.on sunday we are going to the Hangzhou zoo it should be good .Dean i hope the bux night went well, and the wedding was good, sorry i could not be there.All the best for touch on monday.thats all for now .bye
October 4th, 2008
