Treatment expectations
I have a few things to report today ... first, Tony, the physical therapist here, says that Shawna is like a newborn baby and he feels some of the therapy techniques we've been using in he U.S. are not quite appropriate. One of them being having Shawna kneel over the ball ... he feels that it is contradictory to what we need to accomplish with Shawna's head control. Head control, as in infancy, should precede all other movement. Interesting point.
Second, Shawna's blood work came back and shows that her Coumadin needs to be cut back just a bit ... she currently gets 2 grams per day ... we are to cut that back to 1.5 grams per day, starting today.
We met with the doctors this afternoon and Shawna will be receiving her first stem cell injection (2 million stem cells) on Tuesday, October 16th. This will be done via a spinal tap procedure. Subsequent stem cell injections will be given every two weeks. The hospital staff came in yesterday afternoon and took a "before video" ... I'm sure they will eventually be incorporating it on their www.stemcellschina.com site. I, in turn, am taking videos ... just to be sure I'm not imagining any changes that we may note in the future... lol.
So, we are finally underway with Shawna's treatment here and, in conjunction with all of the prayers around the world for her, I'm sure we will be seeing some significant changes; God willing.
God Bless,
Lorraine
