Nathan's CP Blog

Day 38

September 18th, 2009

This is a week of mixed emotions.  We hate to say good-bye to our friends, but we are so excited about coming home.  Camila, Giulia, and Elizabeth began their journey back to Brazil this morning.  Giulia came to China completely blind and is leaving seeing light and tracking objects.  Hopefully, her stem cells will continue to improve her vision over the months ahead.  It was very hard for me to say good-bye to Camila as she and I had become very close.  I am so happy God allowed us to cross paths in this lifetime.  My life has definitely been enriched by this whole experience.

We also had to say good bye to Nathan’s therapist, Owen today.  I can’t believe it is Nathan’s last day of therapy.  We gave Owen an American baseball t-shirt and told him to remember Nathan each time he wore it.  We are going to miss him so much.

Ken and Nathan went for a walk this afternoon after therapy ended so I could start packing.  They visited the mall under construction across the street from the hospital.  This mall is suppose to be the largest mall in Asia when completed.  It is going to have an amusement park on the inside of it with a roller coaster.  I cannot imagine what it is going to sound like in the stores with a roller coaster going through the hallways.  I think you will find the pictures to be fascinating.

Dylan, from the UK, turned the 1 year old today and his parents and grandmother had a birthday party for him tonight.  The hall dinners have been so much fun to attend.  Everyone usually prepares food native of their country so you get to try a wide variety of new dishes.  Please notice in the below pictures Dylan’s birthday cake candle.  These are common in China and very exciting to watch.  The candle is in the shape of a flower.  You light the middle of the candle and a huge flame erupts.  This flame then ignites small candles on each pedal of the flower and the pedals fall down creating a beautiful open flower that plays “Happy Birthday”.  Sharon found a new friend, Darren, at the birthday party who was blind, but found the bracelets on her wrist.  He played and played with them melting Sharon’s heart.  At the end of the party I saw Sharon take the bracelets off and give them to his mother so he could continue to enjoy playing with them.  Although Sharon’s stay here has been brief I think she has enjoyed her experience.  We have certainly enjoyed her being here to help us get home.

Check out the head control!  YEA!

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