Everything went like usual today, more therapy.
Met the man and his wife that just came in last night. They are from a small rural town in Oklahoma. He surfers from optic nerve damage due to a stoke.
My next lumbar injection is friday, hopefully it goes as smoothly as the first one did.
The staff here is lining up some serious sightseeing for this weekend, so Bob and I will be taking lots of pictures.
After eight days we are finally getting accustomed to the time change, in fact I almost overslept this morning.
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day, starts out with therapy, then acupuncture and massage.
The staff here is not going to know what to do when Bob and I leave, they’re going to want to come back to the states with us.
Language lesson with the staff is going well, in fact they gave us two new words for tomorrow.
January 13th, 2010
Feeling good today after lumbar injection last night.
Met with the doctors this morning, they were all very pleased.
Lots of therapy today, all went good. Both the therapist and Bob say they can see a noticeable difference, so that’s good.
All of the doctors and therapists have caught on to Bob and I’s not so serious humor, and it agree with them. One of my therapist, Anna, is teaching Bob and I how to speak Chinese, in fact she has already given us homework. She tried to teach us how to use chopsticks, but we both gave up.
Went out and around the neighbor-hood this afternoon, good exercise. With my schedule it’s hard to go out for more than two hours.
Tomorrow is more therapy and massage.
January 12th, 2010
Actually this is day 7, but day 7 was a Sunday. It rained all day so we will just skip it.
Met with more doctors and specialists this morning, going over my treatment since my first lumbar puncture is this afternoon. Lots of therapy today and then acupuncture.
My first lumbar was today, the procedure on took about 20 minutes. No pain after, just lying flat for six fours was a little difficult.
Met with the people from New Zealand today, she suffers from MS. They are both very friendly and outgoing. Besides having her caregiver her father is coming to visit for five days.
The hospital receives two for patients this week, both from the United States. By the end of the week the doctors thought all of the rooms would be full.
Hopefully it stops raining this week and they let us outside, because we are getting way behind on our sightseeing.
Growing very accustomed to the food here, only had one meal that Bob and I will not order again. Bob and I went out to a traditional Chinese restaurant and tried ordering by ourselves, big mistake! Domestic meals here are very cheap, finacialy, a person would never get a meal good meal in the states for $2.00 US.
We found out that it is very easy to bargain with the store owners.
Well, I do not have another treatment until Friday, just therapy, so I will talk tomorrow.
January 12th, 2010
More therapy and acupuncture today. Monday is my first lumbar puncture.
The hospital received a family from New Zealand today. Next week two families from the United States. By the end of the week we will have eight families here in Shanghai.
Did more sightseeing this afternoon, much more to see.
January 9th, 2010
More therapy today, all went well. Expecting more families this weekend, and monday.
Had plans to go out in the city, but was kept to busy buy the doctors and the therapist. My translator gave my caregiver and I suggestions for this weekend, will try taking on the city ourselves while he is busy transporting new patients from the airport.
Had my first IV this afternoon, went without any problems. I start receiving the first of five lumbar injections monday. I have more therapy and acupuncture tomorrow.
Coming from a rural town in the United States, it is just amazing big and how fast Shanghia is growing.
January 8th, 2010
Went out with Bob and took in some of the near-by scenery, planning to go out some more tomorrow. Saturday the plan is to go to the top of on of the new buildings that is 88 stories tall and see the city from there.
Met with the full staff of doctors and therapists today to go over my schedule. Had lots of both physical and occupational therapy, but it all went well. I have my first treatment tomorrow, it is in the form of IV. After therapy today I had my first acupuncture treatment, it was very interesting and all went well, I guess I will know by Saturday, because that is my next session.
January 7th, 2010
Day 2 in Shanghai, the city is very clean, from what I have seen so far. The city is very big and full of large buildings, it will be a great place for the World Expo.
My driver was at the airport waiting for me. The staff here is all very nice.
The doctors and the nurses performed my initial evaluation and should make the final determination about my schedule of treatment and therapy tomorrow.
January 6th, 2010
Finishing last minute packing for the big trip to China.
January 2nd, 2010
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