Final Post from Mumbai

Well, our time in the city of Mumbai and at Wockhardt Hospital is now just about over. It's evening here on Tuesday and tomorrow morning we'll depart for Goa for the rest of our time. We had another extremely busy day. They've ramped up Kim's physical therapy a fair bit in anticipation of our leaving. She's walking all the way down the hallway to the physiotherapy room, doing her exercises there and then walking back. She's doing really, really great. She's obviously still using the walker but becoming less and less dependant on it while still using it for stability. We both went shopping today for traditional Indian clothes. Kim walked to the elevator out of the hospital, got into the car, up a few steps to the Sarree shop, looked at dozens of beautiful options and got one. The shop owner called over the gentleman who sews the matching blouses, took some measurements and promised to have them ready by tomorrow before we leave. She made her way out of the shop, back down the steps, and into the car without pain...well the normal pain she used have getting in and out of the car. It's just amazing to see her doing normal things that used to cause her terrible pain and now to see her reaction when it doesn't hurt anymore. The video crew came back to our room today to interview us on camera. They plan to edit and show it on Nov 14 at a national health conference in Delhi. The hospital wanted to fly us both there for a day or two and for her to speak about her experience but it meant extending our stay another 2-3 days. It was certainly tempting as they would pay our way, put us up, and give a tour of the Taj-Mahal, tempting indeed but we couldn't see making two extra flights in addition to the ones we've already got scheduled. So they brought the video crew by and let her speak on camera, me too, and then got video of her walking down the hallway. Pretty cool stuff. The assistant surgeon also came by for some video of his own of Kim walking. He then showed Kim some video of a lady who had the same surgery just six months ago. She was walking up and down the hallway just as normal as anyone else. We look forward to those days but know there is much work ahead.

This certainly won't be my last post on the trip but its our last night in Mumbai. It has been an amazing experience from the beginning until now and our hope and continued prayer is that Kim will continue to improve and grow stronger. I'll check in from Goa and update you on how she's doing. There's just no words to say how much each of you mean to us and how much we have coveted and appreciated your constant prayers, emails, comments, and calls. We look forward to heading home just one week from tonight.

And thanks again for reading.

de & ke


Kim and the nurses........ and the physical therapists

Every good Hindi woman rides side saddle on a motorcycle


This is Sharad who worked in Baytown....and what we ate at his house last night.
Tomato soup, not pictured...corn with pomengranate...veggie rice dish
Some flat wheat bread...crispy and some other flat bread...fried
In front are some Diwali treats...some little sweet fried pies...mmmm!

Must see video!!!!