Mike is getting more active every day. While this pleases us, it is creating no end of problems for his nurses. First, if they leave either of his hands untied, in no time at all he seizes the opportunity to grab one of the various tubes going into his body, to the great alarm of the first to notice what he is up to. Second, it is becoming very difficult to keep him rotated from one side to another in order to help drain fluid from his lungs. In what seems like no time at all, he turns his head to the wrong side, uncrosses his legs, moves his hips and, hey presto, he is lying on his back again. Third, he is getting increasingly adroit at lifting his left knee to put his left foot close enough to his bound left hand to enable a finger to lever down the special stockings he is meant to wear in order to reduce the risk of blood clots. He is now good enough to get all of the stocking down to the ankle and much of it below the ankle. Just watching his eyes intently focusing on getting his fingers and leg in the right place dispels all the earlier concerns that he might not be capable of determined purposeful action.
The physiotherapists put him in a wheelchair today and wheeled him to a lounge attached to his ward so that he could get a good view of out-of-doors. This is probably the first decent view he has had since the accident.
All in all his progress is encouraging – but we do need to see the end of this fluid on the lung problem. By the look of it he will remain in the hospital over Easter.
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Keeping up with your news has become part of my life and I am uplifted everyday to hear good news and the substantial progress Mike is making. There is no doubt that your devotion to him and his recovery is working like magic. Mike, you and your family, are an inspiration. I hope Easter can be enjoyed with some chocolate.
Thinking of you all, Brenda
Pesky little devil isnt he?
Feed him some chocolate that should raise an eyebrow or two Susi and Bill
Arrh now that sounds like the mischievous Pops I know! Awesome news, looks like youve been taking your 'hard pills' aye Mikie?!
Keep up the good work my friend!!!
Loadsa Love,
Francie
Nice work Mike! You little ripper! Keeping everyone on their toes!
There's nothing like being naughty and getting away with it aye!
Keep up the good progress, we look forward to hear about any other mischeif you get up to tomorrow!
Take care!
We hope the easter bunny finds you, he never makes it to Japan!!
Please say a big hi to your fantastic family from us!
Lots of love, Kent and Amanda xxx
Good to hear that your keeping them on their toes Mike. Keep it up mate. Have a great Easter with your family.
Richard
Great news Mike ...purposeful action! Keep up the great work. Happy Easter.
Regards,
Dave and Irena
Mike, the Great Egg Hunt starts in the office in about 5 minutes - we know you'd probably outstrip Nathan if you were here, so we're thinking we might give him a handicap anyway....
Hope the smell of the chocolate over Easter drives you wild enough to snatch one out of someone's hand.
Take care and hope to see you soon
The egg hunters at CRA :o)
Sounds like Mike has his own plans for keeping everyone busy. You might need to assign one person per limb to keep all the bits where they should be.
Really encouraging news again for everyone even if you are going to get frustrated keeping up with keeping all the bits where they should be.
Kay & John
Dear Mike, You sure had a lively time on Wednesday!What with nurses, therapists, doctors, specialists, mechanics Uncle Jack and I only had time to hug you, but we are positive you knew we were there. We had a pleasant lunch with Mum, Dad, Phil, and Stuart and look forward to you coming too. Great progress my dear, See you soon! Your Gran.
Hi Mikey
So pleased to hear you're getting up to a bit of mischief! A bit of chocolate over the Easter break will no doubt help things along. I check your progress everday so keep up the good work.
To the rest of the Wilkinson family, it is so great to read of Mike's improvements each day. He is such a wee fighter!
Enjoy your Easter together.
Love Teish
Hey mike dont hurt yourself youll be up and at em soon enough - good to see you're aware of all the bits plugged into you and want to get up though - see u soon b+d+e+r+m
Hey cuz,
Good to hear you're causing some chaos (although i guess you've been causing some chaos for the last month now!) Fantastic to read about the progress you've made over the last week (reading this blogg has become my morning ritual before i get into my work). Have an awesome easter with your family, take care mate.
Raj
Hi Mike,
Pleased to hear you are becoming more mobile and keeping the nurses on their toes.
Dear Lee and Bryce and family,
We are thinking of you all at Easter.
Love from the Oldershaws
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