Sunday Update from FL Linda
Hello all,
Well this should be much more positive. I guess it got to me when I was last there visiting Graham, to say the least. All the next day I kept thinking they needed to move him out of that frantic part of the ward, and they did it without being prompted that very day! His new location is much nicer -- quieter and a bit more space and no one next to him with a blaring television.
His bedsore is almost healed and once that is ok, he will be sat up again and we are sure that will cheer him up -- to not have to be lying down all the time.
I do believe he is marginally microscopically better. I think he feels a bit more in his hands. It is hard to tell. He can't move anything extra yet but he seems to have a bit more control over his arms when he moves them. He seems a lot better for the move and the doctors and nurses there are really wonderful. They will set up a routine for him and that will be so helpful.
While Airasa and Ian are away this week, her friends and I will be visiting him. We do agree that he needs a visitor every day as it would be very sad to be in hospital for so long and not have people visiting. So we will be keeping up the visits. Your emails, cards and letters, ideas for gifts and all are so helpful.
Lorraine, if you tell me what kind of plant you would like him to have, we will get it for him. He was very touched at your thought for that.
As far as the iPod he didn't really answer me as he was quite busy with visitors yesterday. Airasa's friend, Charis, was there when I arrived, and shortly after that Airasa and Ian got there. Charis's father is a doctor (my doctor's office in fact) and she is going to find out how Graham can be registered with him as his GP while he is here. She is a lively young soul and I think it cheers him up to see her. She is enjoying visiting him as she says it gets her away from her own problems to visit him for a while and then she can get back to her life with some perspective.
Airasa, Ian and Graham watched the 6 nations rugby on Television so I left and never got an answer to gifts you could send. But I will get back to you on that one. I think the idea of the iPod and books and music to download is really nifty. At the moment he is just taking it one day at a time, and does not even seem to want us to read books to him as he wants to visit when he has a visitor. The emails and letters are wonderful of course. I know he is looking forward to the superbowl!!
Well this should be much more positive. I guess it got to me when I was last there visiting Graham, to say the least. All the next day I kept thinking they needed to move him out of that frantic part of the ward, and they did it without being prompted that very day! His new location is much nicer -- quieter and a bit more space and no one next to him with a blaring television.
His bedsore is almost healed and once that is ok, he will be sat up again and we are sure that will cheer him up -- to not have to be lying down all the time.
I do believe he is marginally microscopically better. I think he feels a bit more in his hands. It is hard to tell. He can't move anything extra yet but he seems to have a bit more control over his arms when he moves them. He seems a lot better for the move and the doctors and nurses there are really wonderful. They will set up a routine for him and that will be so helpful.
While Airasa and Ian are away this week, her friends and I will be visiting him. We do agree that he needs a visitor every day as it would be very sad to be in hospital for so long and not have people visiting. So we will be keeping up the visits. Your emails, cards and letters, ideas for gifts and all are so helpful.
Lorraine, if you tell me what kind of plant you would like him to have, we will get it for him. He was very touched at your thought for that.
As far as the iPod he didn't really answer me as he was quite busy with visitors yesterday. Airasa's friend, Charis, was there when I arrived, and shortly after that Airasa and Ian got there. Charis's father is a doctor (my doctor's office in fact) and she is going to find out how Graham can be registered with him as his GP while he is here. She is a lively young soul and I think it cheers him up to see her. She is enjoying visiting him as she says it gets her away from her own problems to visit him for a while and then she can get back to her life with some perspective.
Airasa, Ian and Graham watched the 6 nations rugby on Television so I left and never got an answer to gifts you could send. But I will get back to you on that one. I think the idea of the iPod and books and music to download is really nifty. At the moment he is just taking it one day at a time, and does not even seem to want us to read books to him as he wants to visit when he has a visitor. The emails and letters are wonderful of course. I know he is looking forward to the superbowl!!
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