Dear friends,

As most of you know Jill is seeking stem cell treatment for her brain condition and we have decided to go to see Dr Geeta Schrof in New Delhi. (Googling the Dr's name brings up plenty of info if you are interested) We made the 22 hour trip to New Delhi via Taipei arriving on April first. It was long but we were very comfortable with the connection and all the related transportation worked quite smoothly. We were picked up by the clinic ( Nutech Mediworld) and Debra checked Jill into her room while I searched for our hotel (Green Meadows). The way the clinic is organized, a patient and caregiver stay in the hospital room, which is more like a hotel room. The caregiver is usually a parent or friend of the patient who stays with the patient 24/7. In most cases there are two people that can serve as caregivers and need a hotel for the second person. By US standards the hospital and hotel are clean comfortable and well equipped, but not luxurious. The neighborhood is a mixed bag ranging from a Hyatt nearby to people sleeping near the side of the roads. Traffic is about as chaotic as it gets and driving is an experience with horns, traffic jams and the occasional donkey or cow wondering through the traffic as if there was nothing going on. To get a sense of the place you can look at a Youtube video that shows a patient in front of the clinic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IN&hl=en-GB&v=KlWWD6hGLzU Treatment Details:Day 1 Jill met the staff and was given a check up and physical therapy to assess her condition and draw a baseline. Day 2 She went through a barrage of tests, blood, ekg, ultrasound, MRI etc. in a facility about a mile from the hospital. Day 3 Went to physical therapy and had her first test dose of Stem Cells. This is a safety precaution to make sure there are no adverse reactions. Day 4 (Today) She will get her first full dose stem cell treatment in the morning and then she has the rest of the day off. Time permitting, we will take a 4 hour tour of Delhi in an air conditioned cab. ($10).The doctors are very positive regarding the potential of the treatment and say there is a good chance that Jill will notice something within a few days.While we are in India we are well connected via Internet and cell phones. Skype works very well here and for those that are not familiar with it. It is free and very easy to download and use. (Skype.com) If you have a web cam it will function as a video phone, otherwise you can use it as a voice over internet telephone.The trickiest part of calling India is dealing with the time Zone differences. India is 12 1/2 hours ahead of the USA,

Best to all,

Steve