We are getting ready to head back to China and it seems like we blinked and the summer was over. We had a great time with family and friends, but I spent a lot of the time at doctor's offices. They have finally determined the tingling/numbness that I began having before leaving China is Transverse Myelitis. This is similar to MS, but rather than multiple sites of damage, I have only one resulting in the symptoms I have. The latest to set in is terrible fatigue--as in unable to get out of bed fatigue. Great thing for a mom of two active little boys. :-) There is no real treatment for Transverse Myelitis and I have a fairly mild symptoms--one could be paralyzed--so I am extremely blessed. The game plan is to monitor me once a year to make sure I do not really have MS (30% of people diagnosed as I am end up really have MS) and to live healthy. The one amazing benefit of living in China is that I am able to have my ayi, Fong. She comes each day, during the week, to help me with the house. This now, will be an even greater help to me. Dustin's and my perspective on it is that we are so blessed it is not worse than it is, and that God never said this life would be easy, he just said he would see us through it. If there is one thing I have learned throughout my life so far is that God is so faithful and is with us no matter what and no matter where we are.
On that same note, Dustin and I are praying that all this gear we have piled up around the house will fit into our luggage and will make it safely to China. We are bringing back another full load. All the clothes the boys need for the fall and well as our fall clothes. Plus a whole bunch of wants, not just needs---more toys from home for China, books, all our favorites that we cannot get in China or least you would have to take out a loan to pay for it. (i.e.--Cherrios which are impossible to find in China and when you do it is the smallest box you can imagine and costs no less than $15.00--we are taking at least five large boxes).
One magnificent blessing about heading to China this time is that we head to our house, our beds and we have everything waiting for us. We do not have to try and buy everything when we get there, and no dealing with jet lag in a hotel lobby--it was not so much fun being either in the lobby with the boys at 2 am or stuck in our bathroom while the rest of the family tried to sleep. I look forward to doing that all in the comfort of our home.
While this time in the States has gone quickly and was split between doctors and family and friends, we are so grateful for the time we had, and look forward to December 13th....when our feet will touch American soil again.
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