Tuesday, 26 May 2009






















Day +110
Good morning and welcome to Manchester. We have had a great day which I hope the photos will show you.
We got off to a positive start with tomatoes on toast….homemade, not shop bought, followed by showers and bed baths! I was first to go and it was great, then Sally disappeared and whilst she was in the shower I got Ella sorted out. She succumbed slowly, but by the end of the session she had her feet in the ‘little blue bath’ and really enjoyed splashing about. Who should arrive in the middle of it? Yes, Dr Wynn and his entourage…..oops. (I was wondering how Sally was going to reappear from the shower but she managed it gracefully, in a puff of steam!) He didn’t back off this time though and stayed to talk about Ella and her progress. Little will be changing for the present time, but there are lots of discussions going on, between the teams here and also Drs around the country, about how to treat Ella’s tummy condition. It may involve surgery, but we will of course keep you up to date.
Whilst we were on a roll with Ella we encouraged her to get dressed today, and suggested that she should try the chariot out, for size. Mummy demonstrated how to do a wheely in it, then it was my turn to do a three point turn. We must have inspired her, because when Ella got into it she was off! We were out of the cubicle and up the corridor before we could turn round. Honestly, if she hadn’t have had the lines up she would have been unstoppable. The best part of it all was that Ella loved it too….she was really proud.
It didn’t stop there either. When we got back Ella sat out on the bed settee and took a real interest in ‘pink and fluffy’ girly things….like her hair( she gelled it up) and her nails etc. Great stuff!
One of the OT team came this morning( to discuss home facilities with Sally). She had heard about Ella’s trip and suggested another trip out to Muriel’s ‘treats’ cupboard….walking this time. To our great surprise Ella agreed, so off we set again and Ella walked there and back, with just a short sit down while Ella chose her treat. Fab!
Eventually we got around to the highlight of the day….the bath bombs. As you can see from the photos it was very technical, and as you can see from the finished product it was very worth while. We thought that if we produce one bomb a day for the next month we should have enough to give all the ladies in our lives a half each!
What else have we done? Oh yes…we’ve had a nail painting session. Ella and I now have matching nails and it’s Mummy’s turn tomorrow, we are looking forwards to that!
We are at the end of a very good day. Ella is flat out and Sally and I are watching ‘Britain’s got Talent’. We are looking forward to a repeat tomorrow!
Night night from us here, with lots of love and thanks, for your good wishes and prayers.
Ella,Sally and Annette.xxx
PS In case you're wondering...the bomb is blue!

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