View Article  No changes yet
I went to see Chris today by myself. There is nothing new, although I was a bit anxious about how ...   more »
View Article  3 Year Milestones

Today it’s Chris 3rd year anniversary of his injury. Time passing used to torture me to no end, the ...   more »

View Article  Summary of Hospitals/ Treatments: TianTan Puhua vs. Beike

As Chris (and I) were very privileged to be able to undergo treatments in both hospitals, I wanted to share ...   more »

View Article  Chris is back "home"

My mom, Gabriel and I went to the airport yesterday to welcome Chris, my dad, Eddie and Ryan back from ...   more »

View Article  China Days 22 - 28: Final week in Hangzhou

Sorry it's been a while since the last update. The trip back to London was absolutely exhausting, I could not ...   more »

View Article  China Days 20 - 21: Departing Hangzhou
 
This is my last update from Hangzhou as Gabriel, my mom and I leave early tomorrow morning. I need ...   more »
View Article  China Days 15 – 19: Third Stem Cell Injection

Chris had his third stem cell injection yesterday without incidents. I am sure the toughest part is the 6 hours ...   more »

View Article  Raffle Drawing Held last night

We held our 'Go Chris!' fundraising raffle drawing last night & picked the 10 lucky winners.  Many of you who read this blog ...   more »

View Article  China Day 14: Quick update on Gabriel

Just a quick note to say that Gabriel has been discharged from the hospital today after 48 hours getting IV's ...   more »

View Article  China Day 13: Second Stem Cell Injection

Chris had his second stem cell injection this afternoon and came out of surgery room at 4:00 PM Hangzhou time, ...   more »

View Article  China Days 11 - 12: Bumpy road

Hi, all is good with Chris as he gets ready for his second stem cell injection this afternoon (Wednesday April ...   more »

View Article  China Days 8 - 10: Weekend Summary
Chris has been sleeping more than ever and I think it's a mixture of jet lag (still), the PT + acupuncture ...   more »
View Article  China Days 6 - 7: First Stem Cell Injection
Chris had his first stem cell injection today via lumbar puncture. He went inside the surgery room at 13:15 and ...   more »
View Article  China Day 5: Chris routine
Chris seems now to be getting into a routine as I can already detect certain patterns, i.e., he is way ...   more »
View Article  China Day 4: Getting started
Today was so incredibly busy for Chris. We had a round of doctors at 9 AM after Chris was already ...   more »
View Article  China Days 2-3: Settling down


Chris is incredibly jetlagged - and so are we. He spends a lot of time sleeping during the day but ...   more »

View Article  China Day 1: 1st Day of China Trip

Hello Everyone, I am posting this message for Koo that I received this afternoon:

We made it! Gabriel and I ...   more »

View Article  Goodbye everyone!

We are all about to embark on our second journey to China – I will start by waking up early ...   more »

View Article  Final preparations

We are only four days from our big trip to Beike in Hangzhou, China for Chris’ second round of ...   more »

View Article  Go Chris! Raffle Fundraiser.....now thru April 4th!

The team's efforts to raise money for Chris' medical costs through the sale of raffle tickets is in full swing!  ...   more »

View Article  Visiting Shonia

Good evening. I want to just post a quick update although we have not gone out to see Chris this ...   more »

View Article  Happy Birthday Chris

Hello to Everyone, it’s been a while.  I have not seen Chris in a year, and I am very ...   more »

View Article  Some thoughts...

It is just amazing how this tragedy in our lives through Chris’ sickness has strengthen me to the point of ...   more »

View Article  Bitter Sweet

It is always bitter sweet to see Chris. He was in his room and when he saw us… boy was ...   more »

View Article  Countdown to China

Hello, Gabriel and I have been back from Brazil since Sunday morning after our week down in SP with my ...   more »

View Article  Go Chris! - Raffles 2008 now available for purchase!

Hi Everyone,

As mentioned in an earlier posting, the Chris Barnes Medical Fund team is throwing its 3rd fundraising event ...   more »

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View Article  finally got to see chris in the upstairs ward!
hello there, this is angela. koo was kind enough to let me do the blog today since i finally ...   more »
View Article  New "home" and Angela's visit

Today I saw Chris on his new floor and all seemed great. I was greeted by a staff as great ...   more »

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 »