Walking continues to improve. No more wheelchair, no more frame, just a stick and as much practice as possible each day.   The occupational therapist continues to be ‘amazed’ at her daily improvements in showering and dressing. The speech therapist is using the strength of the ‘strong’ side of Amanda’s brain ( the creative right side, […]

This weekend has been all about mental rather than physical recovery. Wiith the  physio team off for a well earned weekend break, patients rely on the nurses to get them up and walking around, so we tend to spend time chatting and I gently coax her to remember past events (often just stuff from yesterday) […]

This week Amanda has been perfecting rolling to the side of the bed, swinging her feet over, standing & then turning 90 degrees to sit in a chair. Easy for you and me but technically challenging both physically and mentally.   Her memory is getting better a tiny bit each day, but she still cannot […]

I took one of our Burmese cats in to see Amanda on Saturday morning. Car rides either mean the vet or the cattery, so he wasn’t happy, and the hospital was the largest vet’s clinic he’d ever seen!  I was able to close the door to Amanda’s room to keep him safe, but that didn’t stop […]

Physio has been a full on 45 mins to an hour each morning of standing from a sitting position, and walking along a bar with the main emphasis on locking her right knee to maintain balance. By today (Friday) Amanda can manage about 20 metres per session with a few sit downs and stand ups […]

I went to the hospital this afternoon expecting to see the speech therapist but unfortunately they never arrived. However the assistant to the physio  said I should try and catch him as Amanda had a great physio session this morning. A short while later he walked past and came into Amanda’s room. He said he […]

Amanda finally had an assisted shower and hair wash today. So when I arrived at lunchtime she was sitting on the bed and dressed in her own clothes. Earlier the nurses had sat her in a chair and taken her out into the sunny courtyard area. They asked my permission to put special straps on […]

I thought I’d get to the hospital early so I could help Amanda eat her lunch. But 12.45 was too late, she’d already eaten. However I saw on the whiteboard she was due to be transferred downstairs to the Rehab Unit at 1pm TODAY! – So I was there in time for that short trip […]

I thought I’d get to the hospital early so I could help Amanda eat her lunch. But 12.45 was too late, she’d already eaten. However I saw on the whiteboard she was due to be transferred downstairs to the Rehab Unit at 1pm TODAY! – So I was there in time for that short trip […]

Overnight Amanda decided she no longer wanted to eat through her nose so pulled out the nasal gastric tube. As a result she ate a good (but soft) breakfast and lunch and was drinking orange juice, complaining the water I tried to give her this afternoon was ‘too bland’. She is no longer on the […]