Tyler's SOD Blog

August 7

August 7th, 2008

Today is a lazy day !!  Since we had a treatment yesterday we are laying low, and with the Olympics to start tomorrow we have been advised for safety issues they would rather us not be roaming around, more so in downtown areas !!!  A few braved it anyone with the driver today, we did go to an international buffet hoping to get a taste of american food……WRONG..ive not seen anything in that place in america !!!!!  Ox tail stir fry, duck tongue stir fry ???????  i ate lettuce a piece of bread & drank coffee…we were all disapointed !!  You’d think we would have learned by now there is NO food in this place we will eat !!! I will be sticking to my food from the american store until we leave.

Tyler slept last night from about midnight until 5 am so that wasnt to bad, he seems well today & has not pain or problems !!!  We can be sure to thank the twins from school for teaching him their scream before we came !!! Its cute but good lord !!!!  If i havent mentioned it yet everyone here honks their horns constantly, there are no real lanes ..no lights..no traffic signs or speed limit signs that weve seen !!! so now in a cab if they honk..tyler screams that high pitch scream then burst out laughing..i know one cab driver had to go home & change pants im quite sure !!!

I got his schedule today & he will get another treatment on the next 2 mondays then we are done !!!!  I can only hope the last 2 are as good as yesterday’s..

We have many more going home on Monday tuesday & wednesday this coming week…we are going to miss them so bad too !!!!

The things we wont miss here are : SMELLS..FOOD…being STARED at nearly being killed in cabs or vans…doing our own laundry in the sink, having NO HOT WATER for 5 days now…washing in cold water…and bad diet coke !!!

I talked with Dr Lisa today about tyler and she checked & said she hasnt seen much of a change YET..she said normally it is about 3- 6 months post treatment that we will see the biggest changes.  She said although it happens, it has been pretty rare that the babies see a huge change while at the hospital…some of the older kids are seeing a change but they already have some vision before treatment & they can tell you …like with Tyler if he is seeing some small light perception or anything he cant tell us nor would he even understand that he is seeing it.  Once back home we hav to really start working with him as if he is sighted so that he LEARNS he has vision..that is the most important part of all of this.  He can get vision here, but sight is a learned behavior !!!

I havent seen to much activity outside today as far as security again for the olympics..but im sure tomorrow we will.  We are in a suburb of Qingdao so it is 45 mintues to the actual event areas…it is about like driving from conyers to alpharetta…well he is napping again & im going to stretch out a bit too…we may go raom tomorrow if everyone is feeling up to it !! many here have had a flu bug that is going around..isnt that the pits…its already lousy here & then be sick on top of it…im praying i dont get it !!!

More updates later..hope everyone is getting to check out our pics as well !!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29161304@N07/

hope that link works !!!!

First & last accupuncture for Tyler !!!

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