Hey guys!
Everything is going fine, painstakingly slow, but fine here at Suzhou Children's Hospital. Tomorrow Jon is scheduled for an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (take that supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!), just on the upper esophagus, not the stomach, to determine why he has trouble swallowing.
We've had many eye-opening and special experiences waiting in the neurology ward with majorly ill children. I have stories.
Drew, Titus and Michael are making it in Changsha too. We have discovered that splitting the family into different provinces is strikingly less efficient than the synergistic model, living together in the same home. At least one parent can prepare supper while the the other is productive and prevents boys from dumping glue all over the floor.
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February was, effectively, the month consumed by Chinese New Year, and these photos record stray moments. I haven't even wished you a happy Year of the Snake yet! People, in the Year of the Snake, we wish you "prosperity, health, happiness, wealth, and good fortune."
(That's an authentic Chinese blessing!) |
| our good friend, in gray with scarf, and her family |
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| homes behind our home, on the edge of the mountain |
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| apartment doors decorated for the new year |
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| we participate in fireworks madness |
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| on or around new year's day we hiked new trails on the mountain we've begun naming the trails |
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| we found a geologist's tomb d. 1924 and mountain homes like this one |
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| "room for rent" |
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| that advertisement was written on this place, for rent |
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| "floating fragrance restaurant -- inside the gate" |
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| changsha city center, subway construction |
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| visiting hunan children's library for the first time, in january i think |
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| jon is saying "daddy read!" |
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| took friends visiting from australia to the children's science museum also in january, i'm sure of it |
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| we were like, the only patrons that day because the new year was approaching cafeteria closed, there was nothing for us to eat, even outside the facility so we were graciously allowed to eat in the basement staff cafeteria! our australian friends were great sports impressive adaptability, strong stomachs! |
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| here we are back building bridges in our neighborhood and on campus |
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| the end! bedtime! |
Bedtime for me too. Goodnight.
counting the graces
thank you Father for
Jon cheering and lovin on other sick kids
taking photos with the docs who saved Jon's life in 2011
listening to moms of sick children share their stories, becoming friends
becoming conscious of my pride and errors through the reading of Accidental Pharisees
love reading the updates.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for another treasured day with your family. We always feel refreshed, humbled and enlightened by time with spent with you! Lots of love, Fi and Jamie.
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