Expat mom leaves Japan after nearly 4 yrs. to begin a new adventure living in New Jersey, then moves to NYC 7 yrs later. But then moves to Chicago.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Xi'an
Around Town
Great Wall of China
Next we went to the Great Wall. It was a great day with clear skies. The fall colors were just starting and it was very pretty. The wall is not straight as I had imagined, but dips and curves with the mountain. You can see a particularly steep part in one of the photos. We took a ski lift up to the wall and then rode some sort of luge, down. It was quite thrilling.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Old Beijing and Drum Tower
Monday, November 16, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Gil's better (sort of)
Gil has recovered from his breathing problems. He got better after about a week of his medicines. Then we went to China for a week and he stayed with a friend. They took great care of him and he seemed to enjoy it. However, it is our belief that the Paxil is what is causing his other health issues and we have been weening him off it. Well, he finally had so little of it in his system that he became Cujo! He got quite aggressive and mean. These spells would last for a short time and then he'd be back to normal. We tried to convince his 'doctor' that a different pill might work better. We told her we'd like to try Zoloft, since its available in Japan, but she resisted. Now she has him on 1/3 of a Paxil per day. Now I can't even cut a pill into thirds, so she had to crush them and divide it into packets for me. 6 days as a trial.
No more scary episodes though, so maybe it'll work for him. I'll keep you posted. Also look for photos from the trip to China in the near future.
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