I spent three days in a private international hospital in
Tianjin. After days of infusions, a CT
scan, multiple ultrasounds, and lots of antibiotics, I was deemed medically fit
to travel back home for medical treatment.
The people (doctors, nurses, staff, liaisons who spoke
English) were so wonderful. They wanted
a picture of me. Before I left, they
toured me around to see where the actor Chuck Norris spent his time with them
(he was there over a month a few years back).
After being released from the hospital and spending a night
at the Beijing Airport Hilton, I boarded the flight from Beijing to Dallas-Fort
Worth. The flight arrived about 1.5
hours late, and we were late leaving. I
missed my connecting flight, but the airlines put me up in a nearby hotel for
the night.
I arrived home on Sunday afternoon. I’m off today for a visit with my own doctor
to determine the best course of treatment of my left foot.
Here are few photos I took of my time in Tianjin and Beijing.
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| LuLu is on the left. She went to school at Loyola in Chicago. That's a nurse beside LuLu. The other three are MDs. The one to my right was the one who examined and gave me news about my health through LuLu's translation. |
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| The dietician visited me my first evening. Western or Asian diet was his question? I got soup, hamburger, and salad for lunch each day. That's ketchup in the owl. |
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| That's a look at my hospital entry door from the 11th floor patio. |
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| Tianjin is a booming city of skyscrapers. My hospital room was on the 11 floor and had a courtyard for patients. |
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| The morning sunlight glows off of the new tower being constructed. |
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| I had a "VIP" room. Here's the presidential hospital suite where Chuck Norris and his wife stayed for over a month. |
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| This hospital room has its own kitchen. Chefs prepared the meals for the Norris' during their hospital stay. |
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| I guess listening to a grand piano in your hospital room has curative powers. |
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| The presidential hospital suite had a hospital room and a private bedroom for the accompanying spouse. |
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| Shower or dual person tub? |
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| LuLu is with 3 of the nurses who attended me. They worked 16 hour shifts! |
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| I was in VIP #22. Here's the living/family room area outside my private hospital room. Each room had a big sceen tv, but only 3 channels were in English. |
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| Chuck Norris with the CEO (a vascular surgeon) that examined and dressed my foot on Day 1. |
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| Chuck Norris, his wife and team of assistants with the folks who cared for them. |
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| A look at one of the terminals at the Beijing airport from my hotel room. |
