First spinal update
July 15th, 2008
Joshua had his first stem cell injection through an IV yesterday. He did good. It only took about an hour to complete. Most of the day we just laid around. I think we are still recovering from traveling here. It takes awhile to get adjusted.
About 7:00 last night we were bored so we finally ventured out by ourselves. Josh has been wanting to try KFC here, so we took him to the one in the RT Mart. When Kacie was here she really liked the shrimp sandwiches so Josh wanted to try one.We looked at the menu with pictures when we got there and we couldn’t find it. Nobody spoke enough english to understand what we were talking about so Josh just got some chicken and mashed potatoes. He said it was pretty good. Next time we’ll have someone write it down for us in Chinese.
We got Josh’s schedule for the week. He will have acupuncture today, wed. and thurs. Friday he will have his first spinal injection. Hopefully everything will go good. He’s a little nervous about it but I guess that’s to be expected. After Friday, he’ll know what to expect so he won’t worry about it so bad. Everyone here is super nice. Thank goodness for our translator Jessie. She has been a lot of help. I’d like to take her everywhere we go. That’s the hardest part is trying to communicate with people here. It gets very stressful.
Today after Josh’s acupuncture, we will probably venture out downtown and do a little shopping and hopefully try some different food. We get a little stir crazy sitting in this room all day. We miss everyone very much. We wish it was time to come home. As always we ask you pray for Josh that his treatments will go well. I’ll try and get some pictures on here soon.
Melissa
Entry Filed under: sod,Uncategorized
12 Comments Add your own
1. Miranda | July 15th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Hey, It’s Kathy. I am waiting on Jimmie to get home so that Miranda can get a # from him and set my phone up for me so that i can call you. I have a pretty baby on my lap. i am glad that everything is going okay. I will be glad when you guys get to come home.Tell momma i love her and josh too. You be careful. love you bunches!!!!!
2. Debbie Sherwood | July 15th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Are my comments making it thru. I’ve never blogged before. It’s pretty cool. I saw on kathy’s comments that she is getting a phone number from Jimmie. Would it be ok if I called Josh? Your blog is so cool to read. Tell Josh I’m so proud of him and that I love him very much. You and Jimmie have made him into quite a wonderful young man. You should be very proud of yourself. Tell your mom hi for me.
Debbie
3. Salenia & Paul Moore | July 16th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Glad to hear that you guys made it ok. Tell Josh we love him and we are praying for him. We are hoping all goes well and you guys are have a good time while you are over there. Love you all and good luck. Also thank you for keeping us up to date with the blog.
4. Kathy Kellem | July 16th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Hey, I set my phone up but it still isn’t letting me through. They said it might take up to 24 hours. As of 7:00 tonight it will have been 24 hours. If it still doesn’t work i will have to call them again. I might just go to Jimmie’s tonight and talk to you when he calls you. That may be the only way i get to talk. I am missing you all something aweful. I hope everything is still going okay. The boys are missing you too. We are all praying for Josh!!!!! HUGS ‘N’ KISSES Kathy and boys!!!!!
5. Miranda | July 16th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Hey! I’m glad to hear that you guys are all doin good! Everything here is goin good! i’m goin to take dad shoppin today to get him some food! Trisha is over and we are just hanging out! I can’t wait to see pictures! Hopefully you guys didn’t get lost when you went downtown! That would be crazy! well i guess i’ll get off of here for now but i’ll talk to you again soon! Maybe when i’m with dad tonight he will call you and i’ll be able to say hey to you guys! Well i love you guys and miss ya’ll a lot! bye!
6. Tom Coffman | July 16th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Glad that things are moving forward, and you are getting to eat something..(Chinese Food?)…Hope Josh gets his sandwich soon. Wilma– We miss you soooo much, but Kathy is filling in and able to handle the smart a**’s at the big table. You taught her well! She has a smart answer nearly everytime.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We are so glad to have this method to keep up with Josh. Thanks, Melissa.
Tom n Faye Coffman
7. Faye Wilson-Coffman | July 17th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Hi Melissa! I am a friend of Wilma’s that goes to
Brenda’s each day along with my husband Tom.
We got your blog address from Kathy. Tell
Wilma we miss her much and all of you are in our
prayers. Tom sent the blog address to our
table friends so that they could write also, so
Wilma knows all of us at the “crazy” table are
thinking of her. Sounds as thou things are going
very well for Josh and pray they continue. We
will keep in touch. Tell Wilma we love her. Faye
8. Wally, Carina, and Krista ( Baxter Country) | July 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am
tell Josh to be strong, and good luck on his treatments. Hope to see you all soon, and hope everything goes well. We will keep you in our prayers.
Wally, Carina, Krista
9. Kathy Kellem | July 17th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Hey, it’s me. Tell Mom all of her customers from work say hey and send there love. Buck says hey to you and Josh. He sent me a few texts today. I went and got Mom’s mail from her house today. Tell her i have been keeping up with it for her. I hope you get a chance to write some more soon. I miss seeing you guys. You need to e-mail me some pics of all you guys. Hugs ‘n’ kisses to you all.
LOVE, Kat and boys
10. Kathy Kellem | July 18th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Hey, Just got off work. YAY! You are gonna have to get your booty in gear and keep us posted girlie. I hope Josh is okay after his spinal injection. Give him a big smooch and tell him it’s from Kat. Only 26 days til’ you get to come home. Yes, I’m counting down.
It seems like you’ve been gone forever. I love you guys sooooo much. Hugs’n'kisses! Kat and boys!
11. Miranda | July 18th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Hey! I just though that I would say hey! i’m just settin at home waiting on jason to get off work and come over! I spend like all of my time with him now! we have fun though! I miss you guys and wish i could talk to you more often then just on the computer! The babies are both doing fine! Ashlen finally got a tooth! they both have the same one in now! Its soo cute! well i guess i’ll get off here and i’ll talk to you tom.! Keep us posted on everything and I hope that joshs treatment went well for you guys! Well i love all of you very much and can’t wait to see you again! Bye!
12. Debbie Sherwood | July 18th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Hi, ya’ll…..
I don’t know if Josh has had his first spinal stem cell procedure yet, but just wanted you to know that we are all thinking of you and praying that it isn’t too painful. Wish I could take all the pain for you, Bubba, and you could just have the benefits. Love you a lot.
Grandma Debbie
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed