Day +217 (Frid 11th Sept)
Welcome one and all, although I think you must all still be on holiday. Where are you? We are missing your news!
We had another very good night, with plenty of sleep in between busy times. Again we had quite an early start today….this time with a continental breakfast, so there!! Ella wanted me to go down to the canteen ( note the change of title ) to get something for us to eat, and then smuggle it back in. Naturally I obeyed and came back with an egg butty ( very French ) a croissant, a bottle of milk and the newspaper. By the time I had been to the pantry to get a plate Ella had opened the milk and was sat in bed with a very ‘pink’ face and white moustache. It was very funny and we both had to laugh.
We were up and ready for Emily, but just as she walked in we had an unexpected visit from Uncle Gav, Dianne and Ethan. They had been to Lego Land and brought Ella a pink set back. Emily bowed out gracefully ( she came back later ) and a happy hour was spent making lego houses and figures.
Today Ella was really disappointed not to get off the unit and go out for our daily walk. There has been a real shortage of staff both on the unit and in physio, so we had to do with just a short visit here from Ali (physio). Mind you Ella was able to show off her new skill! Walking without holding hands……Nurse Ali and I couldn’t believe our eyes when Ella took off from the bathroom straight to her chariot in the bedroom, this morning. I was left behind trying to keep up, pushing the lines. A lovely moment.
We did have a little push out to see Jackson, he lives in the room next door. Ella likes to keep a check on him and they share sweets or cakes. Then we went along to Amy’s hideout down the corridor to take her a DVD. Then at last Ella was tired and she settled down in bed for a sleep about 7.30pm and has been quite settled since. In fact it is 10.30pm now and I’m just about to watch ‘Rossy’ …..that’s if the signal stays strong enough.
So, night night from us and we send our love and usual thanks for all your support and prayers.
Ella and Annettexx
PS Hope all you Cold Play fans out there enjoy the concert tomorrow.x