TEAMworks China- Friday, March 13, 2015

Phew what a crazy day! We started the day at the clinic where we saw more kiddos. Amber spent all morning with one precious girl with CP. She was able to educate on infant massage, positioning, facilitated strengthening in upright positions, and casted for some resting AFOs. Melissa and Sophie helped a family with a 13 year old boy with Autism to problem solve picture schedules, PECS and ADLs as well as tag teamed to help with family recommendations for an adorable little 5 year old with global delays. Sophie also instructed the family of a little girl with CP on feeding and oral motor exercises.

We ate a quick lunch and then headed to the largest Children's Hospital in Hunan province. We got to go visit their NICU, Autism center, and rehabilitation department. It was so interesting! We were a little surprised to see some of the therapy techniques being used, like acupuncture in young babies! Sophie and Amber were approached by a women who began speaking to them in mandarin as if they could understand. They grabbed a translator and found out the woman was asking them of they were Christians. Excitedly she told them about her daughter who was in a coma for 77 days and that when she went to the church to pray her daughter woke up! She said she prays that more people would come to know Jesus. It was a really cool moment.

After finishing up at the hospital we headed out to buy some toys for the clinic. We were able to find everything we thought the clinic still needed with the help of the head nurse's 4 & 6 year old daughters. They were so cute and they spoke to us in English! We ate dinner at a Hong Kong style restaurant and finished the night with gelato! Sugar rushes plus exhaustion sent us into fits of laughter as Dr. Lin became frustrated with the insane traffic to get out of the parking garage. People just drive wherever they want here! We've decided Sophie needs to lay off the sweets! Haha. We got in late again last night. We packed, got our gifts ready for the staff, met about future ideas, and made supply lists for the clinic to purchase and for our next team to bring along! After all of that it was late and we were exhausted! We completely forgot to blog!!  Today is our last day in the clinic. We have been able to accomplish so much and are excited about getting to continue to invest in this incredible clinic. It is going to be such a blessing to the families that need it!

In the afternoon we will head to the train station and go to Shanghai on the high speed train...we are so excited to ride the train! We will spend the night in Shanghai, do some shopping and sightseeing then fly home in the evening. Please pray for safe travels and healthy returns to Arkansas!

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