Hunter’s Optic Nerve Hypoplasia Blog

Hunter’s Arrival to China

January 8th, 2008

We arried at 8:45 PM on January 7th.  After being on 3 different airplanes for approximately 17 hours altogether Hunter was very tired.  He didn’t want to sit down on the plane so my Mom and I took turns wrestling with him. He even  stood on his head once.  Anyway, we are here and we have some adjusting to do with the time difference and commuincation matters.  Hunter is scheduled for his first injection via IV on Friday.  Since Hunter has very good movement therapy will not be done.  He cannot have acupuncture because he will not sit still and I’m sure he will pull on the needles.  This would not be safe.  We may be able to go home earlier than planned because we are only having stem cells and no therapy. It’s not definite but hopefully we will.  I miss my daughter, Brooke terribly and hope to have Hunter’s eyesight to take back as a miraculous souvenir so he can SEE her too!  We will meet Shayla Lovett  whose daughter, Rylee will be receiving stem cells for ONH as well in a couple of days. And as soon as we have time we are going to meet Carl who is the first adult to come to China to receive treatment for blindness.  He had one injection of stem cells and is already seeing flashes! Visit his blog at blog.stemcellschina.com/carl for more information.    Hunter was showing off to the doctor and staff, they were putting a toy up to him and when he grabbed it they would move it to see how he could follow. He chased the toy all around. Maybe he can already see more than he is letting on?? Let’s hope anyway!  Keep us in your prayers and we will keep you updated on his progress.

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