Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day from China! Nathan had a spinal injection today and he has another one on Friday. Nathan is not allowed to go out on injections days or the day after the injections. He is such a good patient. This morning the pediatric neurologist professor made rounds with the doctors and evaluated the pediatric patients. I got the impression from his facial expressions that he thought he was giving me bad news, but he did not. He reviewed Nathan’s medical records and told me it would be very difficult for Nathan to walk before he was at least 10 years old and it would be slow walking even then. I don’t look into the future that far or I sometimes hyperventilate. I try to stay in the current moment and not worry about all the unknowns. That is just wasted energy. I have been told that the word acceptance does not have to be in my vocabulary, but the word coping does. The fact that the neurologist thinks walking might be a possibility is encouraging enough for me. I don’t believe in false hope. You either have hope or you don’t. He also told me that he thought Nathan had an extremely good chance of talking with proper speech therapy!! Nathan is continuing to vocalize and babbling up a storm. I was thrilled with the news he had to deliver. Everyone on our hall did not receive good news so I feel very blessed.
I am very excited to let you know that Nathan’s new girfriend, Julia, from Brazil that you saw in an earlier blog has begun to see light. According to the doctors, her pupils have started to dilate. We are so happy for Julia and her family. She bought Nathan a stuffed horse and gave it to him. She wanted to get in the bed with him and then decided to plant a kiss on him. Julia is a hot mama and I’m going to have to watch out for this girl. If her vision improves enough for her to actually see how cute Nathan is, I don’t know what will happen. She really is seeing light because she now turns her head when the camera flashes. She says it hurts her eyes…..which is GREAT! I tested it myself and did not tell her I was going to take a picture.
This weekend was kinda laid back. It was much cooler outside and reminded me of Fall. China has the normal four seasons like we do. It snows here and gets down into single digits. When we arrived in August it was humid and in the upper 90′s just like home. Since it was a nice temperature we ventured out to the local mall and had lunch at Pizza Hut. Pizzas here typically have corn and pineapple on them. Lots of them have various fish options that we are not accustomed to seeing as options. It is interesting to see the differences in the menus.
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