garry first entry
Rachel had here first stem cell treatment yesterday afternoon. It involved fasting for 4 hours b4 and 4 after the treatment (spinal injection) as well as lying perfectly still for 4 hrs. When she woke last night after the 4 hrs she had a terrible headache which has persisted all night and this morning. the doctors have given her more intravenus drips to get her fluids back up and have given her several shots to try and stop the ongoing headache. Rach is asleep at present, so we missed our rehab this morning.
The rehab process is intense and the people are very dedicated (so are the patients). Some try to speak english which can be both frustrating but also entertaining (their english is as good as my chinese…. perhaps they are a bit better). I had a competition with a couple of the rehab doctors yesterday trying to see who could start-stop a stop watch the quickest. This cracked them up and now they spend some time trying to come up with the best time (at least they smile at me every time I walk past)
We will try and make rehab this arvo if rachel improves.
Hope all is well with everyone back home. We miss the boys and are anxious that we not been able to talk to them since we have arrived here due to the earthquake damage off Taiwan. Hopefully it will be fixed next week
Regards
Garry
Add comment December 30th, 2006
