Josh at the park
We went walking at the park for awhile. They have everything decorated for the olympics. It is absolutely beautiful. We had Josh pose in front of one of them.
1 comment July 18th, 2008
First spinal update
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
12 comments July 15th, 2008
We are finally here!
We have finally arrived. It was an exausting trip. We are trying to get settled in. Josh is very excited about getting started. We just made a trip to the RT Mart and picked up a few things. We are back at the hospital and just ordered Chinese food for supper. Our translator just informed us that Josh would be getting his first stem cell injection through an IV in the morning (Monday) at 10:20. Hopefully everything will go well. It is only supposed to take around an hour. I will try and keep everyone informed. Right now I am using the hospital computer. The converter box I brought doesn’t fit my plug in for mine. Hopefully I will figure that out soon. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers for Joshua. Talk to you soon
Melissa
4 comments July 13th, 2008
almost time
We will be leaving for China July 11 and will be there until August 12. We are very excited about the possibilities of this procedure and are ready to go. We will try and keep everyone posted as often as possible. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers.
7 comments June 26th, 2008
