Day +90
Hi and welcome to showery and very windy Manchester. We are well into the evening, in fact it is just turned midnight. Ella and Sally are both fast asleep, so I am going to use this quiet time to keep you up to date with all our news.
When Dr Wynn came this morning we had a long talk about Ella’s progress….he is pleased with her results. They do show improvement.We know there is still a very long way to go yet, but we are heading in the right direction! His main concern is still the pain control, which has to be right, in order for Ella to make progress in any daily routines….socializing, school work, physio….not to mention having fun, relaxing and being confident herself that she is getting better! Soooo, there has been a ‘rejiggle’ of how and when the morphine is given ( now in tablet form) and a rethink about how all the other drugs are given too, and Ella is now using the ‘lollies’ again when she needs them. Also the physio team have started in earnest.
One of the physio team came along to see Ella and she ‘invited’ Ella to go along to the department to have a look….this was met with a little frown, as you can imagine, after so long in bed. Anyway, we all built ourselves up to it and at 2.00pm sharp we were ready to go! Ella in her new tracky top and shorts( thanks June) and in her buggy. The department is very nice, with all the facilities, and the staff are lovely.We went into the gym to ‘have a look’ where Ella glumly, and I mean glumly, had a go at throwing and catching, and then knocking skittles over. She very reluctantly got out of her buggy for a short stand, but did show some interest when she saw a three wheeler…which she can have a go on when it has been adjusted for her. A glimmer of a smile even! Poor little Ella, it must seem like torture at the moment, but with lots of encouragement and support we know she will get there. She needs her trainers for tomorrows session, so she knows that ‘they’
mean business…which is good motivation in itself. Oh, more news. She has been measured up for a wheel chair….her buggy is not only getting too small for her, but she can’t manage to get in and out of it herself at the moment. Those bambi legs! I don’t think that they do a pink model….but we will soon customize it in the ‘making department’. Pink fluffy arm rests, maybe, with a built on tray at the back for handbag and Lizzie? After such an exciting afternoon what else could we do but watch a DVD, ‘Bedtime Stories’ and have a snooze!
Sally and I have filled our day in a very calorific way, having munched our way through sweet ‘n sour, rice, beef stew ‘n dumplings and baked potato with beans and cheese. The most exercise we have done is to walk backwards and forwards to the restaurant, and to take the washing to the other ward! I think it will be a race to the gym tomorrow!
Ella looks so comfortable at the moment. She is completely relaxed….lying on her side, with Geoffrery to keep her tummy warm. It seems as if the new routine is working very well!
We’ll say night night to everyone now, and send you lots of love and thanks for all your prayers and good wishes.
Ella, Sally and Annette.xxx
PS The biscuit making is definitely on the agenda for tomorrow and we are looking forward to Janet coming as well. We missed our session today…too many zzzzzzzz’s!
PPS I’m just about to look on ‘justgiving’ to see how Simon is going on! Have we got to limber up Lizzie or not?
PPPS Hi to the Sotherns...lots of lovexx