A Change in Plans

Mom and I just received urgent new that the Shijihuang hospital has unexpectedly shut down and is not allowing anymore foreign patients.   Luckily we are still able to go to Qingdao!:)  Because I am only getting the IV and RB injections and this happened on such short notice and so close to my arrival date the hospital rooms are completely full so there keeping us in a hotel.    Crazy!  I just want to get over there before something else happens, only a few more days!!:D and I haven't even packed yet, yikes! 

Third Times A Charm!

Hey Everyone!  Well after a few months I finally figured out my password to get back on this thing Horay! Anyway if you haven't guessed by the title, I am going back to China for the third time:)  I am beyond excited! We will be leaving on May 27, which is just a little less than a week.  We will just be there for about three weeks and this time we are going to a new place that I could not pronounce to save my life but its called Shijihuang and its about 4 or 6 hours from Beijing.   I will definitely keep the blogging up during the trip and after to let you al know how it goes, I know I kinda dropped the ball on my last trip as far as blogging so heres whats been happening in between:)  My second round of treatments went very well no problems or anything, Mom, Easton, and I even got to go to Beijing on a weekend that I had no treatments which is something I will never forget and was an amazing experience to share with my mom and brother:)  After I got back things got even better, I was expecting that if I was going to get any vision I figured it would be in my right eye, which is the better of the two and the one that had the most improvements my first time, but instead I ended up getting more vision in my left!  it was so neat but also a totally different ball game fore me because I was not use to seeing really anything out of that eye and I just started noticing more and more things from my left eye. It also helped my driving tremendously, I was able to see well enough to drive but I had a very difficult time staying in the lines, and it wasn't because I couldn't see them, I think it was more of a balance issue.    So currently I am at 20/2100 in my left eye, which sounds pretty bad but comparing it to just having light perception, it was doing pretty good.  Colors and shapes are more apparent, still really blurry but it was obviously enough to help me out with my driving so it works for me lol  Unfortunately I still don't have my license yet, I am still legally able to drive with my glasses and everything but I have been struggling quite a bit with depth perception and learning different roads and where places are.   This past year being my first year in college took up most of my time so my driving was put on a back burner, but now that summer time is here, I plan on hitting the driving practice hard, my goal is by the end of the summer.   Anyway enough chatter from me!  If you guys have any questions or want to talk or even Skype while I'm over in china don't hesitate!:) my email is maciem93@yahoo.com  


See Ya!:)
Macie