Patrick received his third stem cell injection today. This one was even quicker for him than previous days. We have been VERY impressed with the skill of the Dr's inserting the IV into his arm. They get it in quick, and always on the first try. No digging or probing for the vein either. Which is a huge relief for Patrick!
He has been used to having his vein missed in the past with multiple attempts or a lot of probing around. This has been going so well for him. Tomorrow is his last stem cell infusion before we fly home on Saturday.
We are both noticing increased speech. In fact, Patrick is talking pretty much non-stop. He is also singing kids songs pretty much non stop too. He was so excited on the train ride! He just loved it. It was really neat. We had the driver take us to the city of Colon' on the Caribbean side of the country. We rode the train along the entire Panama Canal. This went through a lot of rain forest and we also saw boats locking through the Mira Flores locks. The ships going past our hotel are huge!!!
Patrick is still very "stimmy" but he is also very excited by all we are doing here too. Between swimming, the train and the playground at the hotel he is having a great time. I think he has decided the few minutes at the Dr office is worth the rest of his trip! Luckily we have a TGI Fridays here at the hotel; we have eaten every meal but one here. Of course, Patrick thinks it is great because he eats "grilled chicken and fries." However, Pat and I have decided that we will probably never eat at one again after this week. HA.
The little girl that is receiving stem cells this week that is also staying at our same hotel got sick yesterday. Her dad said they had a long night. One of the occasional side effects we read about is flu like type symptoms. Patrick has been A-OK. In fact, his appetite has been great and his energy level has been high. We will run new labs when we get home to compare with a set we had taken two days before we left.
We have an earlier appointment tomorrow then Luis, our driver, is going to take us up to the Gamboa Rain forest and the Red Frog area (each about an hour from the city). We really like it here....if our other kids and our dogs were here I think we would stay longer. Until tomorrow......
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