Louise’s CP Blog

Last two treatments

July 11th, 2008

Hi Everyone,

         Thankyou for your comments ,i will answer them when i get back home next week and we have both  got over the jet lag.

Louise had her 2nd Lumbar puncture last Wednesday.Louise  recovered alot more quickly than when she had the first Lumbar puncture .I asked the doctor why louise took so long to recover from her first lumbar puncture.The doctor said that the first one always takes time  and the next ones to follow only take a few days.

Monday 9TH July 08

Louise had  physiotherapy at 9am .Her physio makes her work very hard and he does lots of stretching  exercises .Louise always feels so much better when she has seen her physio her in Hangzhou Hospital.

After physiotherapy Louise  had some free time .Louise likes to chat to the staff here and she also likes to spend time on the internet .

At 11.30 am Louise had  her lunch .Louise had her lunch very early because she has a lumbar puncture today at 2.30pm and she cannot eat after 12.30pm.

Louise had her 3rd  Lumbar puncture at 2.30pm.All went well , and louise had to lie there for six hours.Louise had a headache for two days and it eventually went away after the doctor gave her medication to take.Louise was still complaining of a sore back (Lower half of the back).Nurses brought in a heat lamp to try and take some of the pain away.

Finally the back pain has gone and louise is okay.Louise is busy on the ward making everyone laugh.

Friday 11th July 08

Louise finally has her last treatment of stemcells.Louise will have her injection of stem cells in the hand, today at 6.30pm.These cells will travel around her body.louise is looking forward to her last injection .Louise has had six stem cell treatments in total and each time she has a treatment of stem cells there are 10 million cells that travel around her body and to the brain.

Doctors here, have said that it could take between three to six months  for you to see any more signs of improvement to louise .

We keep our fingers crossed and if there is any improvement ,we will be back again for more treatment in the future.

Sunday 13th July08

Louise and i will be leaving the hospital at 6pm and will travel to Shanghai  Airport .Our flight departs at 11.30pm and we arrive at London Heathrow on the 14th July at 12.15 noon.

We will miss everyone here , they have been so helpful and they have looked after louise . 

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