Another update from Tuesday afternoon

Okay, so the coordinator arrived today around 9:30 and the Dr. finally arrived around 11 a.m.  After many people speaking to us in Chinese all morning (like we actually understood what they were trying to tell us), we were told that Ashley needs an MRI.  Unfortunately, they told us that the hospital was so booked, that she cannot have an MRI until "maybe" Thursday.............well, that just doesn't work, since we are set to leave Hong Kong on Weds. afternoon!!  So basically, when we switched off at the hospital today around 12:30 (leaving Rita with Ashley and Charlie and I circling back to the hotel with the boys), we told the hospital that we would need to leave without the MRI and hope for the best.  As of earlier this afternoon, Ashley will again stay at the hospital tonight and continue to get IV and vitamin drips, then they'll try and take an Xray first thing in the a.m. (what first thing may be is anyone's guess!) and then we'll have to be cleared to fly out later this week. 

It is a very trying experience to be here right now. It took Rita and the boys 2 cabs to get to the hospital this a.m., as the first cab driver got them completely lost. Then just as we needed him, our guide's cell phone battery died for a few hours.  The nurses keep putting Ashley's diapers on wrong (not sure why) and then she wets the bed, so they have changed the bed 3x as of this a.m. alone (but they don't change the bed, only the sheets, so gross!!) The word "urgent" and "immediate" don't really seem to be in anyone's vocabulary here. I guess we work at faster, more aggressive paces in the US!  The workers like to mop the floor a few times a day in the room, so they practically mop you if you don't move your feet fast enough!  We got another 20-30 bars of Edelweiss again this a.m., too.

The boys are getting nervous and worried, so we spent a little down time with them this afternoon having room service, resting and watching TV. In a few hours, we'll grab a quick dinner to take back to the hospital and then I'll stay the night alone or Charlie will come back, depending on how everyone is doing. 

We'll try and post again later tonight or tomorrow. Wish us the best to trying to make it to HK on the train no less tomorrow night!!