May 21 to May 28

May 21st. Marie had her last IV injection. Everything when well. Marie woke up on May 22 nd. feeling her self for the first time in 5 days. She was able to get back into her daily routine of PT and OT. The next two days it rained and I was unable to take Marie outside. She has been in this room for the last 8 days. I told her it is like being in prison. We break out in two days. Marie is back to her cheerful self. The doctor was in to assess her. Marie is showing very small gains. She holds her head up straighter. Her head would always lean to the left. Her left should is beginning to show some movement. He left arm has a wider range when we lift it. Her left fingers are becoming more relaxed. She is beginning to more her left knee up from a sitting position. Her circulation has improved. He feet are not cold all the time. These are small improvements, but the doctor said they are good signs that something is happening. The next 5 months will be the window of opportunity. They want Marie to come back. We will see how much improvement she makes over the next few months.
May 25th. we packed up and headed to the Shenzhen airport. They sent an interpreter with me. He was amazing help. My luggage was over wait and I had to pay 400 RMB. The amount of wait on domestic flight is less than on a international flights. We had to get a wheel chair because Marie's chair had to go with the luggage. The wheel chair would not fit on the plane to Marie to her seat. The assistant the airline gave me thought he would pick Marie up and almost dropped her. I took over and Marie did an amazing job stepping to her seat. We had the same difficulty getting off. They did a great job of assisting us with getting Marie's chair, luggage, and finding our drivers that were waiting with a sign with our names on it. We got to the car and all our things could not fit in the car. They finally arranged for another car to take the rest. It was now rush hour on a Friday night. It took almost two hours to get to the hotel. It is a 5 star hotel, just beautiful. We get to the room and it isn't a handy cap room. I will not be able to shower her in this room. It will be bed baths until we can get a room change. Chris came to the door and we had big hugs. It is 37C here today. Very hot but we do have our sun block on.
Tomorrow May 27 is filled with a whole day of sightseeing which includes visiting Tiananmen Square, the largest public plaza in the world; the Forbidden City, the former Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties; and the Summer Palace, a complex of pavilions, temples and galleries situated among lovely gardens on a huge man made lake.
May 28th. , we will tour the world renowned Great Wall. Then we visit the Ming Tombs, the massive mausoleums that hold the remains and treasures of 13 emperors.
I am sure we will have many adventures to share with regards to getting Marie on and off the bus and moving around with the wheel chair. We have all ready found and easier way to push her around. On the road they have a bicycle lane. Pushing her on the road in the bicycle lane is a little crazy, but so much easier. Don't worry it is safe.

A special thanks to all of you for your comments and inspiration. Reading them gave us a connection to home that Marie and I need.