Last weekend I decided Amanda should take on a few challenges. The first was to sort out the dirty washing. That’s all I said. Soon after there was a pile of dark clothes and a pile of light clothes ✓ Next, put it in the machine, put in the liquid, select the correct setting and…go. […]

This has been a week of contrasts. On Thursday we had a 90 – minute initial home visit from the Jason the physiotherapist and Trudy the occupational therapist. They spent the time listening to both of us,  looking around the house and discussing with Amanda what her goals are. She wasn’t entirely sure about this […]

20 weeks since it happened. This blog started as a result of posting weekly updates on Amanda’s Facebook page. Many of her friends commented on how inspiring her journey so far had been and encouraged me to tell our story to a wider audience. A few weeks ago someone posted a stroke-related story on STUFF […]

Amanda’s reading and ipad skills have (re)developed to the point where she has  managed to locate this blog so has read the first post. But she has decided she needs to psyche herself up to read any more! If I show her words written down in short sentences they are unreadable. Yet if I ask […]

2 weeks since discharge from hospital and this week has been the first with an hour’s carer first thing in the morning and another hour at lunchtime. This is intended to prompt Amanda and help establish steps and procedures, not to do stuff for her, or even assist. She has managed to get the same […]

So… This morning Amanda decided she needed new shoes as she is fed up with asking for help tieing the laces on the much-admired Adidas trainers she’s been wearing almost constantly for the last 3 months. I reminded her she has a cupboard full of shoes she usually wears for work and leisure. So we […]

This week was Amanda’s first full week back home. Lots of sleeping to aid brain recovery and also continued improvement in movement and feeling in her right arm and hand. She is keen to get into a regular routine so is up by 7.30, showering unaided, then getting dressed and her own breakfast with very little […]