Jackie Kay's Blog

I am having daily rehabilitation with Shung Way who is relaxing the spasms in my legs through massage, manipulation, acupucture and electro stimulation. A bit of an uphill battle, but nonetheless we are getting there.

On Friday I received the second dose of stem cells, this time by way of lumber puncture. Lucy who administered it, is of course a master and there was no difficulty whatsoever. My main problem was laying still for 5 hours afterwards. .

So, what improvements or differences you ask. So do I. At this stage it is difficult to be subjective, however yesterday we went out into the garden and while sitting under a tree I took off my shoes and I felt the blades of grass tickling the soles of my feet. That is an experience that I had forgotten. It is early days yet, but I am feeling really well and looking forward to the coming months.

Before coming over here I should have replaced the tyres on the front wheels of my wheelchair, but me being me, didnt. So just a day or so after arriving in Shenzhen, I was rolling around on “square” wheels. Most uncomfortable. However Sunny very efficiently arranged for new wheels to be ordered and on Saturday a gentleman from the wheelchair shop come up to our room and fitted new wheels…. They cost A$8 each. Amazing. A big thank you to Sunny for taking care of all that for us with a minimum of fuss. Yesterday Grace and Sunny organised afternoon tea for us all with Chinese tea and a variety of creamy cakes. Take a look at Jill and Mack’s blog as Mack was taking photos.

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