Stem Cells # 4

It is Monday at 4:30 pm and it is Melissa here as George is in getting his 4th injection. The stem cells were late today (we were waiting since 3:00pm) which is normally not a big deal but today George was hungry. You cannot eat for 4 hours before or 4 hours after the injection. So he will have to wait for awhile. He had only the morning session of therapy. We are all still recovering from our busy weekend. It is hard to get back into the swing of things on a Monday. Good thing it is a stem cell day and we will just lay low and relax. I got my first real bout of homesickness today....this picture shows the main reason why we miss home (our beautiful daughter Charlotte)... though we miss all our friends and family a lot.

I thought since there is nothing new to report and George is going to be out of commission for the rest of the night and will not be able to write anything I would give you all a look at some of our memories so far.



This picture is a picture of George at Windows of the World where he got to ride a camel just long enough to take a picture. For 10 RMB's you get to ride it for a photo.

This one is a picture of our friends that we have met, they have already left- from left to right, Erica Deering, Lori and Christine.



Here is a group photo of all of us that went on the trip to Windows of the World.

This is a group photo of us with a pizza party the day that Rusty and Julie left.

This is a day George refers to as our "stem cell party"- where he received his stem cells by IV, we had snacks and watched movies to celebrate. But... we seem to have snacks and watch movies every day....hmmmm.

This is a pose I lovingly refer to as "Pinhead" where George has some acupuncture needles in his head- I think these were to get rid of a headache- which by the way works well!

That's it for today- we will update you tomorrow with his progress after this fourth injection.