Paul update - Day 29

Day 29 – Thursday 11 December:

We arrived a little later than normal today because Paul had physio booked for 1330 but we arrived to find an empty room and some of Paul’s furniture missing! I suppose all good things must come to an end and so today Paul was moved out of his single room and into a ward down the end.

It is a shame that he no longer has the privacy of his own room but he is now sharing with the lad who is a similar age to Paul and one other chap, so in some ways it is good that he now has company and his single room was needed by somebody who is quite poorly so whilst it was disappointing to see him move, it is for all the right reasons and also shows that he is progressing very well.

We spoke to his physio today and she said that his balance has improved immensely over the last few days and whereas before he had his legs a long way apart for balance when he was standing, he is now able to balance with his legs closer together. This has also improved his walking and she reckoned he wouldn’t need the walking frame much longer – already he is trying to short cut getting in and out of bed without it!

We played a few games of Uno, went to the WRVS cafe for a cup of tea and then Amy and Arthur arrived to visit. As he has much less space now we left them to it for a while and then it was time for supper. This was the first time that Arthur had seen Paul since he arrived at Maidencraig and he was gobsmacked by his progress.

There was a problem with the television we bought for Paul last week so when he had supper we nipped off to Tesco at Bridge of Don to change it and when we got back, Andrew, his Mum and Dad and Mark were there and Paul was munching his way through a Chicken Tikka pizza – and this was after he had had his supper. A little later Eilidh and her brother Neil arrived and Paul was laughing quite a lot and joining in so each of these moments when he is almost back to his old self are extremely precious and a huge relief to all of us.

Only 2 weeks today until Christmas and it is looking more and more hopeful that he will be able to come home for a few days.

Just to remind those visiting then, Paul is no longer in room 1 but is now down the far end of the corridor in the last room on the left. There doesn’t appear to be any restriction on visiting but it is fairly cramped in the corner where he is so I guess we should try to stick to 3 or 4 at a time unless told otherwise. Hopefully within a couple of days he will be more mobile and sitting in the dayroom.

PS – I am not too sure why the font and line spacing keeps changing on the Blog – it’s not me, honest...