Saturday, December 6th ( I had to change the pics to thumbnails as I was running out of my allotted space. Double click on it to enlarge!)
Today was a regular day for Kevin with a complete round of physio. He is still complaining about his right arm being tender after the IV last week. It was in for 3 days and then it was red and sore so they took it out. Andy decided to wait until 2 o’clock to do accupuncture so Clarence, Louise and I thought it was high time Kevin went to the RT Mart for groceries…..Thanks Clarence, don’t mind at all that you push him….We whizzed out of the parking lot into the traffic lane….One old guy and another lady were so busy looking at the foreigners that they banged into one another and the old guy went flying ….everyone rushed to help them….us? We ran in the other direction….no sense causing more accidents.
Clarence and Kevin in front of the RT MART
Up the escalator ( a chore in itself)….
wheeeee! Brakes on please!
you have to go to the third floor in order to take another escalator to the 2nd floor, where the groceries are…..Welcome to SeaWorld China, dear! On your left is the hanging poultry
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and on your right, the aquariums complete with many kinds of sea creatures….
the look on his face was priceless! Two hours later,we arrived back “home”…..”never again….jumpins, the people, the crowds”….it’s ok, dear….but we felt you just had to experience it.
After another short nap, we hopped in with a driver and drove off to the New Century Hotel for supper.
Kevin and Leslie
another shot of the stem cell patients!
It was really good and we were home by 8:00. There were a couple of different brides there ……all of the female attendants wore white as did the bride but they were shorter.
Pretty cute….lots of Christmas decorations everywhere! ….and it was nice to see all of the Merry Christmas signs….not Season’s greetings’ . They aren’t scared to say it….they enjoy experiencing other’s holidays with open arms…..it’s not their country that is saying no Merry Christmas….and it ain’t me either….Merry Christmas!
December 9th, 2008
Friday, December 5
Up early as usual and ready for Linda to show up with her electric wave machine….it’s like hooking up Frankinstein….she wires Kevin up and she’s bent over him with her little white labcoat and her mask, ” Can you take more, Kevin”…..yeah, Linda…..crank ‘er up to full voltage! Give ‘er everything she’s got!…..no, Tracy, I ask Kevin question…..oh….fine, then…..I’ll stay out of this and go handwash some things including his dishes. Man, if he thinks Linda’s shock is bad, wait ’til he gets home! He’s in for a bigger shock…no, dear, get my breakfast for a change! These nurses have spoiled him beyond belief…. I go to the supermarket and when I return back..”Tracy, Kevin is tired,……Tracy…..Kevin is hungry…..Tracy…Kevin is bored……I am weighing each of the single nurses….smallest one is getting packed…..:-)
They put in his IV at 10:00 and gave him his valium at 10:15….10:20, off to the stem cell transplantation room……stop! Blood pressure….green light, door opens…in he goes…..he’ll be baked and out in a half hour….. He scared me a little this time. Every other time, he was still talking to me as he slid into the room however this time, he was out of it. I kept shaking him and trying to get him to respond but nothing….The head nurse, Nancy, leaned over and shook him a little by the chin and he opened his mouth a bit…”he is good…no problem…no worry”……Ok, then….
When he came out, he was slurring his words big time…too funny…” did—n’t fe–el any—thing. “ Great…go to sleep….maybe I can get some blogging done….he did sleep for a couple of hours but I have to stay close as he can’t get up to the bathroom and with 1000 ml of saline going in…..it doesn’t take him long to want to go! He’s flat for 6 hours so meals are ordered with this in mind. We watched a movie or at least I did. Clarence, Louise and Leslie went out touring for the afternoon and brought us back hot chocolate from Starbucks!! He still wasn’t allowed up so they tried to make him feel better…
Kevin and Louise....I can't leave him along for a minute!
They were absolutely frozen so we turned up the heater and wrapped Leslie up and drank our yummy drinks…later, another movie and sleep.
Kevin and Leslie....cute, huh!
nice, Les
December 9th, 2008
