We found out Monday morning that they were moving us to a little more accessible room so Trish could get her wheelchair into the bathroom. So we made sure everything was packed back up. This is what it looks like to pack for a month! Crazy huh!
Next we headed out for our first appointment. This was at the clinic where you fill out your paperwork and Trish had to give 8 tubes of blood! They use the serum from her blood to mix with the cord blood stem cells. This makes up the mixture that is injected. All of the Doctors and staff are very nice and easy to talk to.
After our initial visit to the clinic it was back to the hotel where we got to check out our new room. It’s great. It has 2 bedrooms and Trish can fit in the bathroom. It is just like an apartment.
Later in the morning we hooked up with two guys that are also here for treatment (one has MS). They had rented a car and they invited us to come along on a drive around the countryside, which was really neat to see. The scenery is beautiful, as the city is built in the mountains. There are lots of neat looking trees and beautiful flowers and plants.
Later in the day Trish had her first therapy session. Each of her sessions will be 2 hours long and she has 4 sessions every week. The first part of the therapy was an evaluation. Then they really got to work and worked her very hard. After therapy we came back “home” and relaxed for a while and then headed out to the supermarket. Shopping sure was interesting! We miss the food that they have in the US grocery stores. Things are just different. The brands are different, the selection smaller, and most everything is in Spanish! We managed to get enough food so that we can make a lot of our meals here. That’s all for now, Trish gets her first injection Tuesday afternoon.
