Day 81 – Sunday 1 February
He’s home!!
Eleven weeks and one day after “black Wednesday”, Paul was finally discharged from Maidencraig last Thursday. Kevin, the lad who he was sharing the ward with, was discharged on the same day so I sensed a little bit of sadness all round on the day. For the last eight weeks Maidencraig has effectively been Paul’s (and our!) life; for Kevin and his family it has been a part of their life for even longer and so both boys and indeed the nurses were sorry to say goodbye. The pictures above were taken by one of the nurses. All the staff at Maidencraig have been superb and we cannot thank them enough for all they have done or Paul.
He has effectively been fully discharged – all he has now are weekly appointments at Horizons (a rehabilitation centre near to Maidencraig) for physio, occupational and speech therapy; we have appointments arranged through to March but I guess that they will continue beyond that.
Since being home, Paul hasn’t done a great deal (!), he has slept quite a lot but went out for a couple of hours Friday evening with his chums and we all went to a Keilidh in Tullynessle last night; Paul saw a couple of his old teachers there and they were amazed at the fact that he was there and how well he was doing! He did quite a few of the dances (far more than I did) and we all had a good evening but he was quite tired by the end of it – he fell asleep on the sofa (sound familiar??!!) when we got home (he wouldn’t go to bed!) and once he had got up and had his breakfast he had an afternoon nap!
He’s actually telling me off at the moment because he wants to take the blog over and he thinks I am writing about the Keilidh so he will have nothing to say, so I will stop here and let Paul start to add his own blogs from now on. I will do the odd one, but will leave Paul to do the majority.
So, in closing, thanks again to all of you for all your help, support and comments since last November; without you things would have been so much more difficult for us.
Best wishes,
Martyn and Pat.
4 comments:
Is his head alright? I distinctly remember banging heads with him during strip the willow.... about the only thing i can remember mind.
P.S Martyn, i swear i will get you back for throwing stuff at me!!!!
Stuart x
Thank you Martyn and Pat for keeping us involved, we didn't feel so far away through your very difficult time. Glad to hear that Paul is home and resuming the habits of old; quite comforting in one way! You'll know when matters have returned to normal when they are not so comforting!!
Love to you all,
John and Penny xxxx
ceilidh is spelt with a c....
bah....
Is Paul's entry to the blog going to be done at the same rate as his homework?
Laura xxx
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