The operation went well today! Chun Yu cried a little when the doctors woke her up to mark her face with stickers. Other than that, she just lay there and said, "妈妈，吃饭" (Mama, I want to eat food) like she usually does. We rolled her gurney outside to get somewhere she could get an MRI, then rolled it back to the main part of the 住院部to start anesthetics and the operation. The operation only took 20 minutes. The doctors inserted a needle through her forehead and extracted 70-80% of the fluid in the cyst. Over the next two days, the rest of the fluid will be continuously pulled out through a tube. On Monday, the irradiation medicine will be inserted into the front of her brain to kill remaining cells. She can come back to Bethel on Wednesday or Thursday.
We are all waiting for what kind of person she will be. Laurie says that her personality will totally change. I hope she makes a full recovery mentally. Vision-wise, it's a very small chance for her to gain any vision back since the tumor has been there for two years or more.
Won Hee is coming to visit me for the weekend! Hopefully we can go to a toy store together and buy a doll for Chun Yu. Guillaume suggested buying a doll and telling her that the doll also had surgery, so she could sympathize with it and take care of it.
Rewind: On Thursday night the volunteers all went out to downtown Lang Fang and hit up an arcade. The arcade was like nothing I've seen in the US. About half or more of the rides moved; you sat down in a Hummer or a racing boat or even a merry-go-round horse (for the ranch game). My favorite was a game where you shot balls through air guns at a big screen where ugly-looking insects were floating around. I felt like I was avenging myself for all the mosquito bites I've gotten.
Afterward we got a massage for the second night in a row, but it was full body, not just feet.
We had a party for the volunteers who are leaving. The kids all had something nice to say to thank each volunteer. Some cried. It was very sad to see Chun Bin cry; there's a few pictures of her on my webshots, and she is almost always smiling. When she cried in front of Audrey, I asked her if she wanted to tellAudrey anything, and she just tearfully said, "Goodbye," and hugged Audrey.
I will probably visit Chun Yu on Sunday. I pray for her continued recovery and a miracle for her mind to be fine and her vision to be restored.
We are all waiting for what kind of person she will be. Laurie says that her personality will totally change. I hope she makes a full recovery mentally. Vision-wise, it's a very small chance for her to gain any vision back since the tumor has been there for two years or more.
Won Hee is coming to visit me for the weekend! Hopefully we can go to a toy store together and buy a doll for Chun Yu. Guillaume suggested buying a doll and telling her that the doll also had surgery, so she could sympathize with it and take care of it.
Rewind: On Thursday night the volunteers all went out to downtown Lang Fang and hit up an arcade. The arcade was like nothing I've seen in the US. About half or more of the rides moved; you sat down in a Hummer or a racing boat or even a merry-go-round horse (for the ranch game). My favorite was a game where you shot balls through air guns at a big screen where ugly-looking insects were floating around. I felt like I was avenging myself for all the mosquito bites I've gotten.
Afterward we got a massage for the second night in a row, but it was full body, not just feet.
We had a party for the volunteers who are leaving. The kids all had something nice to say to thank each volunteer. Some cried. It was very sad to see Chun Bin cry; there's a few pictures of her on my webshots, and she is almost always smiling. When she cried in front of Audrey, I asked her if she wanted to tellAudrey anything, and she just tearfully said, "Goodbye," and hugged Audrey.
I will probably visit Chun Yu on Sunday. I pray for her continued recovery and a miracle for her mind to be fine and her vision to be restored.
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