View Article  Moving Up

I have some good news. Today I had a sit-down with R., the clinical manager of Chris’ ward. She had ...   more »

View Article  Homeopathy & supplements - and a good chat with the therapists

I had an appointment this morning at the Jacob with a homeopath to discuss potential treatment course for Chris using ...   more »

View Article  Gabriel's weekend with Grandma Maureen

Gabriel had a great weekend with grandma and vice-versa. He was glued to her all weekend and it felt like ...   more »

View Article  Weekend with Grandma Maureen

Gabriel and I drove to the Jacob today to meet Chris, mom Maureen and Eddie. We all had lunch together. ...   more »

View Article  Chris' reunion with mom Maureen

Just got off the phone with Chris' mom Maureen who arrived this morning from NY. Her first words to me ...   more »

View Article  2007 Chris Barnes Medical Fund Trust - Disbursement Breakdown

Hi Everyone,

 

As one of the trustees of the Chris Barnes Medical Fund, I would like to provide the details of how ...   more »

View Article  New level of "happy"

Today was just another day like all other Saturdays when we go visit Chris… but there was something new on ...   more »

View Article  Ben's visit
Ben is Chris’ Aussie friend from Sydney who is in London with his wife on vacation. Ben had told me ...   more »
View Article  First visit of the year
Today was our first visit with the entire family– despite everyone being heavily jetlagged. Chris as usual was very happy ...   more »
View Article  My visit with Chris – Dec 30th
Today was my first day in London after arriving late last night from NYC. Koo and I spent a couple ...   more »
View Article  Happy New Year
Chris was slightly better today – consequently so was I (slightly). Chris was better in the sense that he was ...   more »
View Article  Our separate Christmas
Gabriel had a great Christmas with our family in Korea, my parents and our son spent the eve at my ...   more »
View Article  Merry Christmas
I drove up to the hospital as soon as I woke up this morning. Chris was asleep on his wheelchair ...   more »
View Article  No weekend visit
Only news is that we are back on plan with taking Chris back to China on March 20, 2008. This ...   more »
View Article  Summary meeting with PCT
Friday was the full review meeting with the PCT regarding Chris’ progress. I posted the full transcript of his SALT ...   more »
View Article  Chris Speech & Language Report
This is a transcript word by word of Chris SALT report. Believe me it is the most positive report I ...   more »
View Article  New chair
I arrived in London yesterday after a (very long) week away – but the good news is that I am ...   more »
View Article  Happy Thanksgiving!
I do not think I need Thanksgiving anymore to be thankful because since Chris’ accident, I am way too aware ...   more »
View Article  Recommendation from the Bobath Centre
A quick note about the lack of updates: my dad has been in Korea for the last 2 weeks and ...   more »
View Article  Kishor's visit
Kishor (Shonia’s father, the family I met in Beijing as their daughter underwent stem cell treatment while Chris was ...   more »
View Article  Quick update
Sorry for not posting sooner. Chris was OK this past weekend. Not great as he was having a hard time ...   more »
View Article  Good visit
I was honestly dreading this weekend visit so much, for whatever reason sometimes I just do not want to face ...   more »
View Article  “How is Chris?”
“How is Chris?”

I heard this all the time while in NY and soon I started to dread the question ...   more »
View Article  Hydro-therapy
While Gabriel and I were gone, my mom and dad went to see Chris last week, over the weekend and ...   more »
View Article  Bobath Centre Appointment
Greetings from Manhattan, NY, USA.

Gabriel and I arrived very late yesterday night and Gabriel was greeted at JFK by ...   more »
View Article  The weekend, Medicare, and NY
I do not even know how to start this one… Chris was pretty much the same; he has been grinding ...   more »
View Article  A weekend without seeing Chris
Gabriel and I went to the Hyde Park playground on Saturday morning and had a great time playing in the ...   more »
View Article  No news
My parents visit was the usual this week, nothing new reported other than "Chris was fine and smiley, a bit ...   more »
View Article  Tough days
It took us 2 hours to get to the hospital and another 2 hours to get back today due to ...   more »
View Article  Withdrawing Chris' supplements
My mom and dad went to see Chris only once this week on Tuesday. My mom said Chris had had ...   more »
View Article  No changes... good weekend though
Gabriel came to the hospital with us today, although he did not want to on the basis of “it takes ...   more »
View Article  Visitors for Chris
When you have experienced deep loss and pain, I guess you naturally become more compassionate and connected with other people’s ...   more »