http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl Getting Beike's Stem Cell Treatments at Hangzhou Xiaoshan Hospital Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:06:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Justin is now almost 3 years old and doing fantastic!!  I get emails all the time from ONH families and my heart breaks for you all but I know there can be a happy ending! Justin's sight is better than we could have ever dreamed of.  He is learning how to ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2010/01/14/two-years-out-from-treatment-justins-update/ Justin's vision continues to amaze us.  Although I don't think there has been any more improvement, I definitely feel that he is learning to use his sight better.  It has been 19 months since his treatment.  Right now, we still have weekly physical, occupational and speech therapy.  He is catching ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2009/09/07/update-in-justins-vision-and-progress/ It has been one full year since Justin received his treatment!  His progress has been amazing.  We saw our Opthalmologist at AIDuPont this week and he says Justin's vision is good and he can definitely see out of both eyes.  I had been questioning if he can see color, but my ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2009/03/06/one-year-post-treatment/ We can hardly believe it has been six months since we were in Hang Zhou, China.  Our life back home has been very busy and extremely blessed. Justin's vision is so remarkable that strangers don't believe me when I say he was born blind!  Aside from the nystagmus and strabismus (which ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2008/08/28/6-months-post-treatment/ Justin had his first Opthalmology appointment last week.  This was the first time his doctor has seen Justin after our stem cell treatment.  The doctor was extremely impressed with the remarkable improvement.  He could barely believe it!  It was obvious to him that Justin now has vision and he was ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2008/04/28/first-opthalmology-appt-post-treatment/ We have been home a month now and finally we are all sleeping through the night!!  Justin is progressing in so many ways - we feel like every single day he does something new.  We went 9 months without many milestones met, and now Justin is definitely making up for ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2008/04/09/justins-progress/   We have been home for almost 2 weeks.  Justin is stillnot sleeping throughthe night and his appetite is still huge!  He gained 3 pounds while in China! We didn't expect Justin to have such a hard time adapting back to life in NJ.  Whenever someone comes around to visit, or when ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2008/03/20/settling-in-back-at-home/ 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!) ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2008/03/06/goodbye-hang-zhou/ I never in a million years thought I would be celebrating my 30th birthday in China!!!  Jason did a great job making sure the day was special.  Check out the flowers - 14 roses plus tons of other flowers for only $35 (250 RMB)!!  The threw a pizza party for ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2008/03/04/celebrating-a-birthday-in-china/ The 4th - and final- injection is complete!!  Getting the IV in was difficult, again.  Justin is now to the point where he knows when we walk into the treatment room, so he immediately starting getting upset before the nurses even touched him.  Today we cannot get onto any other internet sites ... http://stemcellschina.com/blog/justinl/2008/03/03/no-more-needles/