Paul update - Day 48

Day 48 - Tuesday 30 December

Paul only had physio today and had a joint session with Kevin. One of the exercises he did is designed to strengthen his back and stomach muscles and involves a large ball (he described it as being like a space hopper without the horns the other day); apparently he lay on his back on the ball and uses his legs to roll it forwards and backwards – sounds complicated to me! They also used parallel bars to improve balance and strength. He is also now allowed to walk further without support and now only needs somebody nearby just in case!

Andrew visited early afternoon and Laura flew in from Florida today, so Holly picked her up from the Airport and brought her straight to Maidencraig. It is about 4 weeks since Laura last saw Paul – he had just regained consciousness last time she saw him – so she was very pleased to see his progress for herself. Stuart also visited so Pat and I left them to it for a while until supper time when Stuart had to leave, after which we played a few games of Uno and watched television.

Paul only has OT planned for the morning – (he still hasn’t done his homework!)- so we can pick him up around 1100 to bring him home. He wants to go and see Anna’s puppies and Eilidh’s dog Henry, so we will probably do that on the way home if we can and then Paul can have a rest before we go to Katharine’s to see in the New Year. He doesn’t have to be back at Maidencraig until Sunday again, so if any of you want to visit we would love to see you, but as mentioned yesterday please give us a buzz first to make sure we are in.

In case I don’t manage to post tomorrow, best wishes to you all for a Happy 2009 and thanks again for all you help and support.