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1 comment November 3rd, 2007
Coming home!!!
Hi everybody.
Well it’s time to sign out from China, can’t say it’s been fun, but a good experience. Randy is ready too!! Thanks to all of you for your support, love and prayers. We will be home late Monday night.
See Ya
Roger and Randy
Add comment September 23rd, 2007
Hurts so good!!!
Sept. 9th. Left room while Randy was having PT, returned to find him laughing and crying at the same time. I asked what it was and he said “my elbow hurts”. Randy said he had had no feeeling in his right arm, but feeling some pretty intense pain. He said “you better give me a pain pill ’cause they’re coming back in a few hours to hurt me again”. and smiled.
2 comments September 15th, 2007
Sept. 6th “Thank You Lord”
At 6:00 p.m. our time. Roger called and said that while receiving heat treatment on his bedsore Randy felt the heat from the lamp. Roger began touching him on his back and when he put his back on Randy’s left side he could feel it. Second treatment is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. their time. Please everyone remember to thank God for this miracle. Tammy
2 comments September 7th, 2007
Our first week in China
Wed Aug 29th
Arrived hosp about 9am. Got settled in cleaned Randy up. About 11am the Dr’s started coming in to check Randy over. After about an hour they pretty much decieted what they were going to do with him. 1pm they hooked IV’s up to him and started to clean on his bed sore about 4pm did therpy. ( they were upset that the dr’s in the states didn’t have this cleared up). Still having a time with jet lag, it gets dark here at 6pm and daylight at 4am. In bed about 8pm.
Thursday 30
Up at 4am trying to figure whats going on not much help from anybody. Language barrier great. Randy gets ivs and the bed sores treated(that’s one job I’m glad they took over) we miss acupuncture and therapy a big mix-up in the number of stemcell injections. trying to figure out the food situation. We have to order out everyday or prepair our on. So I go to WAL MART and get a hot plate, dishes, food and now I cook for Randy.
To bet early.
Friday 31st
Up at4am, fix Randys breakfast(eggs, ham & toast) 7am we go to lab for blood work. At 9am I took him to ekg and at 10 am the hardest one, mri ( I had to carry Randy about 20 feet to the mri machine and then back to his wheelchair) and then back to the room for lunch. At 1pm they came in for iv’s and to clean his sore (IV’s take about 4 hours and when they clean his sore it takes about 1 hour) eat supper and to bed about 9pm
Saturday 1st
Up at 5am (jet lag starting to wear off) Randy had fruit for breakfast, I had coffey. 9am start iv, this time two of them. 11am stopped iv to go to acupuncture, back at twelve eat lunch, start iv’s. at 3 pm they work on the sore about 2 hours, cutting away all the dead skin and put new skin in. it looks a 100% better now. Randy is real tired now he eat a little takes to lisa and goes to sleep
Sunday 2nd
Back up at 5am eat talk to tammy an lisa. OUR DAY OFF!!! 9am iv for 3 hours, then I made them stop for a while. We eat and then went to park for about an hour and relaxed. When we got back they started the iv and cleaning the sore. We had duck for supper it was good
Monday 3rd
Up at 5am still a misunderstanding on the stemcell injections after an hour we finely got it straightened out. Missed acupuncture and pt iv and treatment till 2pm pt for an hour and finely at 4pm Randy’s first stemcell injection. Then back to room for more treatment and iv. Randy is happy but tired we eat and he was asleep early
Tuesday 4th
Up at 5am heavy smoke or smog can’t open windows. 9am AP, 10am PT, 2:45pm PT 3pm IV and treatment. To bed about 9pm.
Wed. 5th
Up at 5am Randy slept till 6:30. Because it is to hard on Randy and me they started doing Acupuncture and therapy in our room(thank you LORD). Now it’s the same everyday, acupuncture at 9am PT at 10am and 2:45pm and iv’s and treatment all the time.
1 comment September 7th, 2007
Hello to all you folks back home!!
Let me begin by thanking you all for the thoughts and prayers on my behalf. Please continue to pray. I’ll begin with the trip over. If you are not a seasoned traveler you will read up on all you can find and try to be prepared for this, but when the plan was put into action it didn’t really go as expected. Because of the circulation problems I get cold easily. People, planes are COLD! I shivered the whole way. Plane aisles are narrow and on the China flight I was carried on and off the plane. We were met at the airport and transported to a wonderful hotel. The next morning we were taken to the hospital and they immediately began working on me. Although to look at the hospital, which would remind you of one in an old movie, the care is awesome. Doors are narrow and Roger has to carry me a lot. There is no food served in the hospital. So, three times a day we have to figure out what to eat and how to get it. Let me tell you, just because it has an American label it isn’t American food! We have started a small kitchen in our room. Communication is a real thrill, but we have an interpreter available in case we get into a bind. The doctors are great and the smiling, happy nurses are friendly and do awesome work. I will have my first treatment Monday. Treatment options are still being decided, but I believe they’ll make the best decisions for my case. I have confidence in these folks from what they’ve done so far. Family and friends we will try to get on here as much as we can. We are so busy that finding time for the computer is hard. Please pray for us and the doctors and nurses we trust so much. I appreciate all of you. Randy
Roger
Hello everyone! Thanks for checking on us. We are settling in and things are moving quickly. The wonderful attitude of everyone here makes you feel so good. These are a happy bunch of people. Smiles abound! I was very impressed with how quickly they began working on Randy. And his attitude is just awe inspiring. He has faith in God and faith in the people taking care of him. Continue to pray. Oh, and for those of you that know me, Wal-Mart in China is just like Wal-Mart back home!!
25 comments September 2nd, 2007