HEY YA’LL (A WAKE UP IS ALL THAT LEFT)
YAH. WE WILL BE HEADING HOME IN A FEW HOURS… THEY EASED UP ON THERAPY TODAY SO I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE ARE ALREADY PACKED JUST WAITING ON 6AM TO GET HERE. WE HEAD FOR THE AIRPORT AT 6AM. IT WILL BE A LONG FLIGHT BUT THAT’S OK WE ARE HEADED HOME… THANKS TO ALL FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND BY THE WAY I GOT COMMENTS FROM IRAQ AS WELL… I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING FROM HOME FOLKS… IT WAS MOTIVATION… WELL WILL SEE YOU ALL SOON. HOMEWARD BOUND…
RICKEY
April 14th, 2008
HELLO ALL (WELL 1 DAY AND A WAKE UP)
OH YA TIME IS DRAWING CLOSE. I AM READY… WORK WITH THERAPY ON SATURDAY AND HAD SUNDAY OFF.. WENT OUT A WHILE ON SUNDAY. MY MOM ME AND A CANADIAN COUPLE. WE JUST WALKED THROUGH THE PARK AND TOOK PICTURES. WE WENT TO THE R-T MART THEY CALL IT AND BROUSED THE SHOPS. DID NOT FIND A COACH PURSE OR THE EVISUA PANTS. WE DID FIND OUT THAT COACH PURSE ARE IN KOREA AND THE EVISUA PANTS ARE IN JAPAN SO MY KIDS ARE OUT OF LUCK… SORRY KIDS…THEY TOLD ME WE COULD COME HOME ANYWAY…LOL! EVERYTIME I GO OUT I AM AMAZED AT THE TRAFFIC IT IS ORGANIZED MADINESS. THE CHINESE WILL MAKE 6 LANES OUT OF FOUR ALL DAY LONG…BUT VERY FEW ACCIDENTS… IT IS AMAZING. THEY BLOW THEIR HORNS AND KEEP GOING. IF YOU WOULD BLOW YOUR HORN AT SOMEONE IN AMERICA YOU WOULD CAUSE ROAD RAGE…LOL! BUT NOT HERE. WELL MUST GET READY FOR BED. TOMORROW IS MY LAST DAY BUT THEY ARE NOT GIVING ME A BREAK. I HAVE A FULL DAY OF THERAPY FOR THE LAST TIME. OUR FLIGHT LEAVES AROUND 10:00 AM ON TUESDAY AND WE HAVE A 3 HOUR DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT IN SHANGHAI. WE WILL HAVE A EARLY START ON TUESDAY BUT, THATS OK WE WILL BE HEADED TO TEXAS YA’LL
GOOD NIGHT
RICKEY
April 13th, 2008
HELLO, (2 DAY AND A WAKE UP)
YA TWO DAYS AND A WAKE UP AND WE ARE HOMEWARD BOUND. TEXAS HERE WE COME… WE DID MORE THERAPY TODAY. SAME OLD THERAPY, THERAPY AND MORE THERAPY. ALL THE THERAPY HAS BEEN WORTH IT. I STILL DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF STRENGTH IN MY LEFT HAND BUT AT LEAST THE FINGERS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE. I AM HOPING TO CONTINUE THERAPY WHEN I GET BACK TO THE STATES AND MAYBE I WILL GAIN MORE STRENGTH. WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AFTER 3 TO SIX MONTHS. THE WEATHER WAS KINDA MUGGY TODAY SO WE DID NOT GET OUT AND TOUR. HOPEFULLY TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER IF NOT WE WILL REST UP FOR OUR LONG FLIGHT. GOOD NIGHT TO ALL
RICKEY
April 12th, 2008
HELLO ALL, (3 DAYS AND A WAKE UP)
WELL ANOTHER DAY DOWN. CLOSER TO COMING HOME. THIS WAS THE USUAL DAY THERAPY, THERAPY, THERAPY THEN TODAY THE FINAL STEM CELL INJECTION. IT DID NOT TAKE AS LONG AS THE LAST TIME. THE DOCTOR SAY ALL WENT WELL. WE ARE GEARING UP FOR PACKING OUR BAGS ON MONDAY NIGHT. DID NOTHING EXCITING TODAY. IT WAS A RAINY ALL DAY. TOMORROW IS SATURDAY HERE BUT THEY ARE HITTING ME WITH PT THERAPY AND ELECTRICAL WAVE THERAPY TOMORROW MORNING. I HAVE HAD MOST SATURDAY’S AND SUNDAY’S FREE. I GUESS THEY ARE GETTING THEIR LAST LITTLE BIT IN.LOL!. DON’T KNOW WHAT WE WILL DO THIS FINAL WEEKEND HERE. I TRY TO KEEP MY MOM CLOSE FOR SHE IS RESTLESS…LOL! DON’T WANT HER TO START SOMETHING IN CHINA…LOL! WE WILL PROBABLY TAKE A WALK TO THE PARK OR SOMETHING IF IT IS NOT RAINING. REALLY CAN’T GO THAT FAR BECAUSE OF OUT TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. BY THE WAY THESE FOLKS KNOW WHO THE DALLAS COWBOY’S ARE NOW…LOL! WELL GOOD NOGHT ALL…
RICKEY
April 11th, 2008
HELLO (FOUR DAYS AND A WAKE UP)
TODAY WAS A VERY GOOD DAY. LOTS OF THERAPY AS USUAL BUT THERE IS PROGRESS . MY LEFT HAND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE OR STRAIGHTEN ANY OF THE FINGERS SINCE THE ACCIDENT. WELL THE MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND I CAN MOVE…THAT IS PROGRESS.. I CERTAINLY HOPE ALL THE OTHER FINGERS DO SOMETHING QUICK FOR I WOULD HATE FOR THAT FINGER TO STRAIGHTEN ALL THE WAY OUT AND THE OTHER STAY AS THEY ARE…LOL!! MY MOM DID NOT GO OUT TODAY (THANK-GOD). I MUST GET HER HOME … CHANGING SUBJECTS . WE SEEN OUR 1ST ACCIDENT TODAY. SOME CAR WIPED OUT A MOTORCYCLE. I AM SURPRISED THERE ARE NOT MORE ACCIDENT NO ONE YIELDS NOT EVEN THE PEOPLE WALKING. IF THEY ARE IN A CAR THEY BLOW THEIR HORN AND KEEP GOING SAME FOR A MOPED OR BYCYCLE. THE CARTS DO THE SAME THING.IF YOU ARE WALKING YOU JUST DON’T LOOK AND KEEP WALKING. IT IS SCARY I TELL YOU. THE TYPHOON PASSED AND IT WAS NOT BAD JUST A LOT OF RAIN. I GOT MY MASSAGE TODAY AND I AM WORKING ON A WAY TO BRING THE MASSAGE LADY HOME WITH ME. SHE IS GOOD… I WAS SO RELAXED WHEN SHE GOT THROUGH. THAT WAS ABOUT IT TODAY. TOMORROW I GET MY LAST STEM CELLS INJECTION…
GOOD NIGHT ALL
RICKEY
April 10th, 2008
HELLO ALL, (HEADING TO TEXAS IN 6 DAYS)
WELL ANOTHER DAY OF THERAPY DOWN. I DID SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY. I STOOD IN THE STANDING FRAME FOR A WHILE TODAY. HAD NOT DONE THAT ANY OVER HERE. THAT IS VERY TIRESOME SO IT IS JUST AS HARD AS ALL THE OTHER THERAPY. IT IS ABOUT 9:00 PM AND WE ARE SETTING HERE WAITING ON A TYPHOON TO HIT LAND AND GUESS WHERE MY MOTHER IS? OUT AT THE TRADITIONAL MARKETS AND THE NIGHT MARKETS … RAIN IS GOING TO WASH THEM AWAY LOL ! THEY SAY THE TYPHOON IS NOT A BAD ONE ONLY AN 8 ( OK 8 IS NOT THAT FAR FROM 10) . WE HAVE TO CLOSE ALL THE WINDOWS FOR THEY ARE EXPECTING HIGH WINDS AND LOTS OF RAIN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY FOR ME I GET A FOR REAL MASUSSE (I KNOW THAT IS NOT SPELLED CORRECTLY) TO GET A FOR REAL CHINESE MASSAGE TOMORROW. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW WAS. MUST GET SOME REST FOR ANOTHER FULL DAY OF THERAPY. WAIT MUST TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE TRIP TO THE DAIRY QUEEN. WE SAW A EATING PLACE WITH THE DAIRY QUEEN SIGH SO US AMERICAN WAS THINKING DAIRY QUEEN (STEAK FINGER BASKET) GOT IN THERE ALL THEY HAD WAS HOT DOGS AND ICE CREAM. WE ORDERED A HOT DOG. WE WATCHED THEM TAKE A RAW HOT DOG AND PUT IT ON A BUN WITH SOME MUSTARD AND RELISH AND PUT IT ON A STEAMER FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. IF ANY OF YOU READING THIS NO MY MOM YOU KNOW THAT DID NOT WORK ( SHE IS GOING TO GET US PUT OUT OF CHINA EARLY LOL!) AFTER SHE GOT THROUGH GOING ON AND ON THEY COOKED THE HOT DOGS. NOW WE KNOW DAIRY QUEEN IN CHINA IS NOT THE SAME AS DAIRY QUEEN IN THE GOOD OLD USA…
GOOD NIGHT TO ALL
RICKEY
April 9th, 2008
HELLO ALL, (7 MORE DAYS)
FIRST LET ME TELL YOU I HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM ALL OVER TEXAS AND A FEW OTHER STATES EVEN ONE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO…ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS BEEN WONDERFUL. I THANK ALL OF YOU…
THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER BUSY DAY OF THERAPY. IT IS HARD WORK BUT THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT. SO, CAN WE SAY HARD WORK PAYS OFF LOL! MY THERPIST HIS NAME IS ANDY AND HE SPEAKS VERY LITTLE ENGLISH BUT, LET ME TELL YOU HE ENJOY’S HIS WORK. WHEN HE TWIST MY ARM OR HAND AND I KINDA HOLLOW OUT HE JUST SMILES AND DOES IT HARDER. HE SAYS TO ME PAIN? I SAY YES, HE SMILES AND CONTINUES… NOW HOW WRONG IS THAT LOL!
DID I TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE NURSES AND THE DOCTORS HERE. THEY ARE OUTSTANDING.. I AM TRYING TO BRING BACK A COUPLE OF NURSES AND DOCTORS BUT I DO NOT THINK CHINA WILL OK THEIR LEAVING. I HAVE ONE MORE STEM CELL INJECTION FRIDAY. I WILL REST UP OVER THE WEEKEND AND HEAD FOR TEXAS (HENDERSON) ON TUESDAY . WE ARE IN HANGZHOU IT IS A VERY LARGE CITY THEY SAY ABOUT 7 MILLION PEOPLE IN ONE CITY (UNREAL). THIS IS IT FOR TODAY AND SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THAT LEFT COMMENTS FOR ME. I AM MY MOTHER’S CHILD SO I AM A BIT SLOW AT TIMES (SORRY MA) LOL!
BLESSING TO ALL
RICKEY
April 8th, 2008
HELLO FOLKS,
ANOTHER DAY DOWN 8 DAYS TO GO … COMING HOME… MORE THERAPY TODAY IS ALL I CAN TELL YOU. MY MOM IS PACKING ALREADY. SHE WANT’S TO SEE TEXAS BAD… LOL! THE REST OF THE WEEK UNTIL FRIDAY IS ALL THERAPY.MY MOM WENT OUT TO WHAT THEY CALL THE NIGHT MARKET LAST NIGHT. IT IS LIKE A BIG FLEA MARKET. ALL NEW MERCHANTDISE. SHE SAY’S PEOPLE WERE EVERY WHERE. YOU HAGGLE WITH THE PRICES. THIS IS DONE EVERYNIGHT IF IT IS NOT RAINING. SHE SAY’S IT WAS FUN. WELL THAT’S IT FOR TODAY. WILL CHECK IN TOMORROW.
RICKEY
April 8th, 2008
HELLO ALL,
WELL ANOTHER FREE DAY TODAY SO WE ARE JUST SLEEPING AND WATCHING CHINESE TV. THERE IS ONE AMERICAN STATION AND IT IS TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT CHINA. WE DID NOT GO TO HOOTER’S WITH THE GROUP TODAY BECAUSE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. I AM TOLD THE BRUNCH WAS NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED. THEY WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE AN AMERICAN BRUNCH BUT IT WAS FAR FROM THAT THEY SAY. GOOD I PASSED…I DID FORGET TO TELL YOU GUY’S ABOUT MY INJECTION ON FRIDAY. WELL EACH TIME I GET AN INJECTION IT HAS BEEN TAKING LONGER AND LONGER. THE HEAD DOCTOR DECIDED HE WOULD DO THE TREATMENT AND SHOW THE OTHER DOCTOR’S HOW TO GET IT DONE. I WENT IN THE INJECTION ROOM AT 3:00 AND DID NOT COME OUT UNTIL 5:30. THIS IS A 30 MINUTE PROCESS. THEY COULD NOT FINE THE SPINAL CORD FLUID OR GET TO THE SPINAL CORD FLUID. THEY HAVE TO TAKE OUT SO MUCH FLUID AND REPLACE THE SAME AMOUNT WITH STEM CELLS. ALL THE DOCTOR’S TRIED FOR 2 HOURS AND COULD NOT FINE THE RIGHT SPOT. THEY POKED AND POKED AND I AM THINKING ( I AM SO GLAD I CAN NOT FEEL THIS) FOR THEY WERE STICKING HOLES IN BY BACK. MY MOM SAY’S THERE ARE LOTS OF LITTLE HOLES IN MY BACK WHERE THEY WERE SEARCHING. THE HEAD DOCTOR CAME IN TO ME LATER AND TOLD ME YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG BACK IT IS HARD TO LOCATE THE CORRECT SPOT. HE TOLD ME THAT THE NEXT INJECTION (WHICH IS MY LAST) I WOULD BE THE LAST PERSON FOR HE WILL NEED ALL THE OTHER DOCTOR’S TO HELP HIM FINE THE CORRECT SPOT. SO THERE YOU GO. HERE I AM IN CHINA BEING DIFFERCULT…LOL! WELL I AM OUT OF HERE GOT TO REST FOR MONDAY THERAPY STARTS AGAIN.
ALL TAKE CARE
RICKEY
April 7th, 2008
HELLO ALL,
WELL A FREE DAY TODAY…YAH!!!!. WELL WE WENT EXPLORING TODAY. ME AND MY MOM HIT THE ROAD. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE HERE TO REALLY GET THE EFFECTS. YOU DO NOT SEE CHINESE PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS GETTING PUSHED IN A WHEELCHAIR. THAT IS A STRANGE THING TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE. THEIR STREETS OR SIDEWALKS ARE NOT HANDICAPED FRIENDLY. YOU HAVE THIS SIDE STREET AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE MOPEDS, AND BYCYCLES WITH CARRIGAGES FOR CARRYING PEOPLE AND THEN THERE IS US. (WITH A WHEELCHAIR) ALL TRAFFIC CARS AND PEOPLE GO AT THE SAME TIME ALL THEY DO IS BLOW THEIR HORNS AND YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. IT IS AMAZING HOW THE TRAFFIC FLOWS BUT IT WORKS. WE GET SO MANY STARES ALL THE TIME. WE GOT INTO ONE STORE THEY CALL THE T-MART. EVERYTHING IS BUILT UP NOT OUT OVER HERE. THIS STORE HAS THREE LEVELS BUT YOU GET TO THE LEVELS BY EXCALATOR. IT IS SO STRANGE. WE DID NOT TACKLE THE ESCALATOR. THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL THEY JUST STARE AT US. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ME TO GO TO HOOTER’S FOR BRUNCH ON SUNDAY BUT WE CAN NOT FINE TRANSPORTATION TO CARRY ME THERE. YES THEY HAVE A HOOTER’S IN CHINA…ALL OF THE AMERICAN’S AND THE TWO FAMILIES FROM ENGLAND ARE GOING. I THINK WE WILL PASS DUE TO THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. WE HAD A GOOD DAY TODAY STROLLING THE STREETS OF CHINA. MY MOM DID GOOD SHE DID NOT GET ME RAN OVER. WE COULD ONLY GET IN THE T-MART FOR ALL THE STORES HAVE STEPS AND NO HANDICAP ACCESS SO WE DID A LOT OF WINDOW LOOKING BUT, IT WAS NICE. WILL UPDATE YOU TOMORROW GOOD NIGHT
RICKEY
April 5th, 2008
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