Day 28 – Wednesday 10 December:
Not a great deal to report today, except that we are noticing small but positive improvements every day. Paul’s speech is improving and his balance now seems quite good. The nurses have said that they too are noticing that he is improving, especially if they have been off for a couple of days so things are definitely heading in the right direction. Also, the prism lens fitted yesterday seems to have helped his vision a little as he doesn’t seem to close one eye nearly as often as he did before.
Paul did more on the exercise bike this morning and had a session of occupational therapy where he made a cup of tea for himself; this included filling the kettle, plugging it in etc and whilst to us this might not seem particularly challenging, when you think back just a couple of weeks this is remarkable. We are immensely proud of how well he is coping, how good natured he is and how rapidly he is progressing.
Suzanne, Andrew, Mark and Ramsay visited today before supper and brought him more food – Mark made him some cup cakes and Andrew brought him a pack of strawberries; apparently it was too early to get him a pizza! Bill Roadnight (from the Transport Museum) also popped in again to see Paul as he regularly visits his neighbour who is also a patient at Maidencraig.
After supper, Eilidh and Stevie visited and stayed until visiting time ended.
We left him a pack of 12 chocolate muffins last night and found a pack of 12 chocolate muffin wrappers this morning, so he is still managing to eat!
So, remarkable progress and it was only 4 weeks ago today that the accident happened......
5 comments:
Bloody hell - he's doing more exercise than I am!!!
Stuart x
well he'll certainly be fit and slimmer after all of this! It's really nice to be able to check up on his progress each evening, so keep it up! I was pleasantly surprised to see that he sounds exactly the same as before when i was texting him! He said we need to have a party!
Looking forward to coming home (I think i say this every day now, but i really am!), i should hopefully get in to the station mid afternoon on saturday the 20th, so i will probably be in to see him then!
Holly xxx
holly, unfortunately the 12 chocolate muffins will counteract the exercise bike so i don't think he'll be any skinnier...
but yes, its great to read this every night, its become part of my going to bed routine! keep it up!
Laura xxxxx
I can't decide which I look forward to reading more in the morning - Paul's absolutely wonderful progress (not to mention appetitie! I hope there is an extra large turkey on order for his homecoming!) .....or Stuart's very funny comments! Fiona, Donald's mum.
A teenager making a cup of tea for himself whilst his mum is around?? wow that is progress!
Really enjoy reading the news everyday, thank you!
Sue & Richard in Florida
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