Kevin’s MS Blog

The last night for the old gang

December 5th, 2008

Wednesday, Dec 3

Another cool but beautiful day in Xioshen (pronounced showsen….the xio makes the s sound and the sen makes the shhh sound….go figure)

Kevin did another round of exhaustive physio today.  One part , he lays down and Andy puts a 5 lb weight on his weak leg and he has to lift it slowly up as high as Andy’s hand and back down.  He can do it the first 10 times but then gets weaker….Andy, puts his hand back down by his side:  “5 mo” ….I’m trying Andy….Did you put your hand higher?? I can’t get it at all…”you keep try, Kevin”….jeez, Andy….Tracy, did he put his hand higher?? No, dear….I swear his hand is not higher…….Andy never did tell him the difference…joker.

Then came accupuncture….man, did it hurt today….it near lifted him right off the bed….I felt it too….now, I know what you are thinking….you’re right, I didn’t feel one needle but have you ever held the hand of a grown man getting accupuncture….vise grip…..turns out if he is going to be in pain…so am I!  Too bad we’re finished having kids….I could have taken out a lot of miles with that one….:-)

Went with Rick to the RT Mart to pick up a couple of things.  He also wanted to pick up a fruit basket and flowers for the staff.  Looks like KFC for supper tonight but we picked this up ourselves as it is always cold by the time the delivery service makes it to the door.  Rick and Susie, Robyn and Bobby are leaving in the morning for home.  Just leaves Clarence, Louise, Leslie, Kevin and I…..the last mohicans……the rowdy gang.  All of the new people in have young children and we rarely see them.  We truly were blessed to come when we did.  It gets pretty quiet around Christmas and Chinese New Years (Jan 26)….less people here. I went to see if there was anything I could do for either of them….they were so busy weighing and packing, throwing stuff into different bags….fun to watch! They arrived at our door with 7 bags of groceries and supplies….like Christmas…Look Kevin!  Baked beans….Wahoo!  You have to be here a month to really appreciate receiving a can of beans…what can I say……we split everything with two of the other rooms and put alot of stuff on the community shelf too……fill yer boots, people. 

Around 7, the gang went into the Recreation Room and had munchies and cake, took pics and had a lot of laughs….We have all vowed to have a reunion next year.  9:00 saw us in our room.  Rick had a Magic Jack, which is a little device you plug into your computer’s USB slot and then plug your phone into it….make all the long distance calls you want…NO charge…nice….he told us to take his laptop to our room and call away.  He would get it in the morning.  We tried to call everyone we could, who was home.…that was such a treat.  We went to bed around 1:30 am …..shhhhh!

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