Justin’s ONH Blog

Goodbye Hang Zhou

March 6th, 2008

Today is bittersweet.  We are anxious to get home, but we also feel like we are leaving behind our China family.  We have made some good friends here and will miss everyone.

We just finished the last meeting with his doctors.  The Head Doctor – Dr. Mike (who we love dearly!) explained how Justin had such quick results.  The stem cells have helped Justin’s body start to repair or heal itself.  The stem cells alone would not have had time to latch on and grow to have such drastic improvements only 24 hours after his first treatment.  Dr. Mike said that the stem cells will continue to grow and repair the optic nerves.

Justin is still looking around a lot!  He is locking eyes with us occasionally and he definitely still sees and tracks his toys.  We think he can see something when it is put about 1 foot or so from his eyes.  He isn’t actively looking around for his toys yet, but that habit will change as he gets familiar with his newfound sight.  For the last 10 months he has had to learn to function as a blind baby, so those habits will not be soon broken. 

We feel comforted that his body accepted the help from the stem cells and was able to work to heal itself so quickly.  We are now looking forward to experiencing what the stem cells will do once they really take charge and grow those nerves!  Justin’s progress is only expected to get better and better over the next year. 

From Justin’s whole family – even those back home in the United States:

Thank You – Xie xie

Dr. Mike and Dr. Tony,

all the nurses,

Luca, Jerry, and Johnny;

for treating us like family, for looking out for Justin’s health and well-being, and for giving our son the gift of sight!  You have given our family the most precious gift in the entire world – we are eternally grateful.

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