March 31st - Finally the move

Tracy here. Mike finally moved into Cavit ABI Rehabilitation (04 570 9284) today. This was after he succeeded in falling out of his hospital bed. The nurse left him briefly to help a nurse in another room, thinking that Mike looked quiet, and came back to find him on the floor. Mike managed to scare not only the hospital staff, who got people in to check his obs and his head, and all that, but also himself - he was quite subdued for the rest of the day. Possibly it made Mike realise how much progress he has to make physically. Fortunately he doesn't seem to have done himself any damage.

It feels really great to have Mike at Cavit - much more homely and personal, and it feels like real progress. Mike's desperate to be on the move physically but not surprisingly has a lot of work to do on the physical basics first. We're going to have to sort out a programme with Cavit that will enable him to work hard at the things he wants to work at. Another learning curve, I guess.

I gave him Mary's latest postcard, and he turned it over and studied the back intently - I'm not sure if he was reading it or trying to, or simply enjoying holding something in his hands. A lovely card arrived from Marie and Ulli(?), telling Mike he had a choice now - choosing whether he was going to be fit again. I read it to Mike, and asked him if he chose to be fit again, and he nodded.

Now Mike is back in rehabilitation, he could probably do with an increase in visitors. He is in a room with two others, so Lee will try to talk to the Cavit staff tomorrow about suitable times and so on. So if you're planning on coming, just give one of us a call.