The weather this week has allowed us to make our way to the netball courts for exercise. Jill has received some encouragement in the form of weight loss. On her 6th week weigh in with Kate Morgan she has lost a total of 5.8kg. Emotionally this has been great and she is insisting on the walking exercise – tires her but she is determined and keeps going. We have received lots of information from China in the last couple of days. I sat reading it to Jill and she commented that this was much better information than we received in 2006 when we made the decision to go. I think we also are more knowledgeable about the subject and are asking more intuitive questions. Jill has to make the decision if she wants to take the next step. They are booked until September, so if we are to go before Christmas we will need to decide. The other deciding factor as always is money – fortunately because we are returning the cost of stem cells is the same as the first. The cost is based on US dollars and since the exchange rate has improved the cost is less. The exchange rate when we went in 2006 was 74c to 1 US dollar and it is currently 94c per 1 Us dollar. This may help pay for the increased air flight. The treatment is either in Qingdao or Hangzhou depending on the specifics of the treatment. Qingdao is a coastal city and is the location of the yachting events for both the Olympics and the Paralympics.
Jill’s results for the sleep study are getting close – Tuesday.
I mentioned the family tree search I have been doing with the aid of GSV. We received some more information on John Keenan and wife Ann Keogh. They have not been able to find a marriage certificate. They have not found a birth certificate for their first son William under the name Keenan, the birth certificate for my grandfather James Michael was there except with the name as Michael James (could be just a mistake of the registrar). They did find a William born to an Anna Keough in 1864 at Glengower with no fathers name given. Well the intrigue and search continues. If anyone has any thoughts please let me know.
Well we are late and it is lunch time – so I had better get Jill’s lunch – a packet of Mocca – food supplement- not very interesting to me.
See you next week on the net