21st June
Dear friends of Graham,
I do apologize for the lack of correspondence from me. I have been busy moving from house to retirement flat, and with my broken toe have not been able to get out to visit with Graham – until Saturday when I saw him for a couple of hours. I can report he is continuing to struggle with pressure sores, but is up in the day now sometimes twice for a couple of hours at a time, so is back into his OT and PT when he can be. He is being very stoical about the whole thing, and I admit I am very proud of how he has been handling the set backs in his recovery.
I am going to phone him this afternoon and he will dictate a letter over the phone for me to email out to everyone. I had intended to do that yesterday but was at a meeting for Peace and did not have the time to phone when he was available. I will make sure I do it today so you can hear from the Man Himself.
It is good to hear that some of his precious books are being sorted and distributed as he asked, so that his apartment is beginning to clear out for any upcoming move to a more appropriate abode. He will obviously need to be at ground level or have a lift available in order to move around in a wheelchair.
Things move slowly so we haven’t a clue when he will be back there in California, but I do believe things are actually moving in that direction. He will continue to have rehabilitation probably the rest of his life – I still hold out hope that he will get more and more of his body back, but sadly so far he still only has what he had before – the use of his arms. Of course not being in the halo or collar is a nice change for him. Unfortunately so far his hands have not come back, nor has any other part of his paralysed body. People in his condition can do a great deal – including working and getting around – so he will be able to live a full life even if there is no more major improvement. I don’t want to sound too pessimistic, but am trying to be realistic.
I will let him speak for himself later and you will no doubt be getting a long email then.
Kind regards to all,
Linda
I do apologize for the lack of correspondence from me. I have been busy moving from house to retirement flat, and with my broken toe have not been able to get out to visit with Graham – until Saturday when I saw him for a couple of hours. I can report he is continuing to struggle with pressure sores, but is up in the day now sometimes twice for a couple of hours at a time, so is back into his OT and PT when he can be. He is being very stoical about the whole thing, and I admit I am very proud of how he has been handling the set backs in his recovery.
I am going to phone him this afternoon and he will dictate a letter over the phone for me to email out to everyone. I had intended to do that yesterday but was at a meeting for Peace and did not have the time to phone when he was available. I will make sure I do it today so you can hear from the Man Himself.
It is good to hear that some of his precious books are being sorted and distributed as he asked, so that his apartment is beginning to clear out for any upcoming move to a more appropriate abode. He will obviously need to be at ground level or have a lift available in order to move around in a wheelchair.
Things move slowly so we haven’t a clue when he will be back there in California, but I do believe things are actually moving in that direction. He will continue to have rehabilitation probably the rest of his life – I still hold out hope that he will get more and more of his body back, but sadly so far he still only has what he had before – the use of his arms. Of course not being in the halo or collar is a nice change for him. Unfortunately so far his hands have not come back, nor has any other part of his paralysed body. People in his condition can do a great deal – including working and getting around – so he will be able to live a full life even if there is no more major improvement. I don’t want to sound too pessimistic, but am trying to be realistic.
I will let him speak for himself later and you will no doubt be getting a long email then.
Kind regards to all,
Linda
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