It's Saturady morning in Shenyang. After a very long day and half of travel we have made it to our destination. It took us 30 hours to get here and we finally made it at 10:00pm last night. The flight from JFK to Beijing was incredibly long and a cramped when Derek needed to lay down. None of us were able to sleep and Derek is praying for an upgrade on the way home. When we got to Beijing we found out that there was no aisle chair to get Derek off the plane so a nice man named Tiger, an employee of Air China, helped lift him into a regular wheelchair. We only had one hour to transfer to our flight so from here on out we felt like we were on the amazing race. We had to go through customs, gather all of our luggage, transfer to the domestic terminal, re-check our luggage, go through security, go to our gate, get on a bus without a wheelchair ramp, drive out to the plane, get Derek a lift to get on the plane, have Tiger and the flight attendents carry Derek on and then we were off to Shenyang. Thank goodness for Tiger, we never would have made it without him. After a short, one hour, flight to Shenyang we were greeted by Tony from the hospital. After all the luggage came off the plane, we realized we were missing a suitcase. Tony assisted Kathy in filling out the paperwork for the lost luggage. Unfortunatly, Derek is missing most of his clothes now. Tony is hopeful we will have it back in a few days.
We then loaded everything into a van, piled in and then we were off for a 30 minute ride to the hospital. Derek had a really bad scratch on his leg from the trip, within ten minutes of showing us to the room, the nurses were here to address the scratch, take his temp and blood pressure.
The room is quite nice with three beds, a view of the city, full bath, mircowave, fridge, TV, DVD player and water cooler.
We were able to get a few hours of sleep in and then the nurses were back again this morning at 7:00am to take blood and get a urine sample. Today, the doctors will look at the MRI's we brought and decide if they need to do more. Derek will have some basic evaluations today and he is scheduled to have his first stem cell treatment on Monday.
We miss everyone at home already, but we are so thankful for the opportunity to be here. Thank you to everyone for their love and support.
Love to all,
Derek, Kathy and Nicole
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I AM SO HAPPY AND RELIEVED TO HEAR YOU MADE IT! THANKS FOR POSTING THE FIRST MESSAGE FROM CHINA SO QUICKLY. I AM HOPING MY MESSAGE GETS TO YOU IN RETURN. I THINK I FINALLY GOT IT!
I can't believe that you have the energy to leave us a message so quickly---what a trip you all have had!!!!!!You all must be totally exhausted, but so relieved to finally be in China. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Lots of love, Jill
Hi Everyone- Thanks so much for the update! I was really looking forward to hearing how everything went. Looks like you guys struggled, but made it! Look forward to hearing about Derek's countinued journey. We miss you all.
Love McKenzie and Dustin
this blogging is still a bit confusing to me---I missed putting in my identity in my last message---will try again. thinking of you all, Jill
Hey Guys,
I'm so glad you made it over to China. Kathy good thing you divided up Dereks things in the suitcases. I miss you guys already. Hope all is well.
Love always,
Morgan
Hi Guys!
So glad to hear you made it. You are totally amazing getting the update posted so fast. Great things are coming your way. I think Tiger was another "angel". We are praying for you.
Love,
The Sands
Top o the mornin to ya! Hope it is a good one there!
We are thinking positive and praying daily.
Love you
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