It's 10:25 a.m. here in China ... Shawna got stem cell injection No. 2. Once again, it took only a few minutes for the procedure and she is now laying in bed again. She must remain in bed, flat on her back, for 6 hours. Dr. Xi is very optimistic; she feels that Shawna is improving and at least her eyes will be back in line with each other soon. She seems pleased with Shawna's progress so far.

Since there is little to do on stem cell treatment days, Gary and Gary II have gone on their golf excursion. It looks like a good day for it today. They should be back close to the time I'm allowed to start moving Shawna around again, so that's good ... they needed the break from the hospital setting.

Shawna is doing very well ... bruised from head to toe, but improving. Her coumadin has been cut back to 1 gram a day, so maybe she won't get so many bruises from now on. Three things are for certain ... one is that her body temperature is now holding steady at normal; two is that the tone in her body is far less than it has been previously; and three is that she inhales pudding in a flash! [laughing] There is one other thing that I have noticed, but will not report on just yet inasmuch as I want to be absolutely sure. Besides, it's fun keeping you all wondering and guessing what it could possibly be.

We are just about at the halfway point and the prospect of the homeward bound countdown is too exciting! Though we have settled in quite nicely now and the people are great, there's still no place like home.