Our first week in China
September 7th, 2007
Wed Aug 29th
Arrived hosp about 9am. Got settled in cleaned Randy up. About 11am the Dr’s started coming in to check Randy over. After about an hour they pretty much decieted what they were going to do with him. 1pm they hooked IV’s up to him and started to clean on his bed sore about 4pm did therpy. ( they were upset that the dr’s in the states didn’t have this cleared up). Still having a time with jet lag, it gets dark here at 6pm and daylight at 4am. In bed about 8pm.
Thursday 30
Up at 4am trying to figure whats going on not much help from anybody. Language barrier great. Randy gets ivs and the bed sores treated(that’s one job I’m glad they took over) we miss acupuncture and therapy a big mix-up in the number of stemcell injections. trying to figure out the food situation. We have to order out everyday or prepair our on. So I go to WAL MART and get a hot plate, dishes, food and now I cook for Randy.
To bet early.
Friday 31st
Up at4am, fix Randys breakfast(eggs, ham & toast) 7am we go to lab for blood work. At 9am I took him to ekg and at 10 am the hardest one, mri ( I had to carry Randy about 20 feet to the mri machine and then back to his wheelchair) and then back to the room for lunch. At 1pm they came in for iv’s and to clean his sore (IV’s take about 4 hours and when they clean his sore it takes about 1 hour) eat supper and to bed about 9pm
Saturday 1st
Up at 5am (jet lag starting to wear off) Randy had fruit for breakfast, I had coffey. 9am start iv, this time two of them. 11am stopped iv to go to acupuncture, back at twelve eat lunch, start iv’s. at 3 pm they work on the sore about 2 hours, cutting away all the dead skin and put new skin in. it looks a 100% better now. Randy is real tired now he eat a little takes to lisa and goes to sleep
Sunday 2nd
Back up at 5am eat talk to tammy an lisa. OUR DAY OFF!!! 9am iv for 3 hours, then I made them stop for a while. We eat and then went to park for about an hour and relaxed. When we got back they started the iv and cleaning the sore. We had duck for supper it was good
Monday 3rd
Up at 5am still a misunderstanding on the stemcell injections after an hour we finely got it straightened out. Missed acupuncture and pt iv and treatment till 2pm pt for an hour and finely at 4pm Randy’s first stemcell injection. Then back to room for more treatment and iv. Randy is happy but tired we eat and he was asleep early
Tuesday 4th
Up at 5am heavy smoke or smog can’t open windows. 9am AP, 10am PT, 2:45pm PT 3pm IV and treatment. To bed about 9pm.
Wed. 5th
Up at 5am Randy slept till 6:30. Because it is to hard on Randy and me they started doing Acupuncture and therapy in our room(thank you LORD). Now it’s the same everyday, acupuncture at 9am PT at 10am and 2:45pm and iv’s and treatment all the time.
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1. Peggy Gabbard | September 20th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Love you and May God Bless you
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