One more day of therapy
I can’t believe that Brooklyn on has one more day of therapy and then we will be leaving the hospital. We will be staying in Shanghai with the wilson’s yet again. Sunday we will be heading home at 10am china time and will arrive on Sunday 1:40 pm detroit time and then monday it is back to business with brooklyn starting therapy again.
Tonight a group of us went out to dinner as many of us will be leaving in the next few days. There were several patients/families that have been here the majority of the time that we have and we wanted to get together before we started departing. We had a great dinner at Pizza hut - I know we are in china but it is just easier for those that have kids. Tomorrow the scottish boys will be leaving and I will be sad to see them leave. I can’t tell you how much help they have been to Brooklyn and I, especially Jeff. He has accompanied us on trips to the market, shopping excursions or just walks around town. He and brooklyn have bonded and she always has a smile for him. It will be hard to say good-bye and I could never repay him for the help he has provided when I have been here alone. I wish both Jeff and Brian all the best and hope Brian continues to see improvements. I hope we can keep in touch wtih them - you never know when you might want to pop in to visit them. Joanne is leaving tomorrow also with her son Jeremy who is here for treatment and her 2 year old daughter Hannah. Hannah loves to play with “baby brooklyn” and brooke lights up when she hears hannah’s shoes - they squeak. Hannah has helped me distract brooke during some of her treatments and i am very grateful for that. On Wednesday Lawrence from Romania and his daughter Laura are leaving. Lawrence has provided the comic relief while we have been here and he is a great father to Laura - he has been here by himself the whole time. The people I have met here are amazing and I am so glad I got to meet them.
I received word that my canadian friends made it home safe and sound and I am looking forward to keeping in touch with them. I have also met a mother and her son from canada - this is their second trip to china for stem cells but this is the first time at this hospital. Dylan also has cerebral palsy - he is so cute. Too bad Dylan, Christopher and Brooklyn couldn’t have all been here at the same time - I think they would’ve had fun.
It is getting late and I can’t shake this cold so I should get going. I can’t believe we have almost completed the medical part of our journey. I know I will have more to say tomorrow on my final night here.
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