Tuesday, April 19, 2005

19th April:Quiet day

Mike seems in good spirits at present. His friend Kylie visited to say goodbye as she is off to the UK shortly. We keep expecting Mike to find it difficult seeing so many friends heading off on their OEs, but he seems okay about it. I presume sadness at what he has lost and is missing out on will kick in some time, but not yet, it seems.

His main achievement today was to eat a small pottle of yoghurt managing the spoon and the pottle. It was great to have independent eating. You never think what a complicated process that is. Mike needs to really concentrate and can't manage if any distractions occur, even just someone talking. The art of slow eating. The yoghurt took about half an hour. Makes me realise how much we shove food down, usually while yacking away. Mike did a little bit of walking today. Whilst his feet don't work well at all yet, he's getting better control over his torso and head. He has to really concentrate on each element to manage it though.

Regards

Lee

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

There might be quiet of few of your friends overseas Mike (or heading that way), but we are all thinking of you and following your progress. Keep it up mate.

Richard

Anonymous said...

Lee we haven't forgotten that a factor in Mike's equation is his Mum. Take care of yourself too on your family's journey to recovery. Mike is doing really well and it is wonderful to read of his daily progress.

Brenda

Anonymous said...

sending thoughts to you all, keep up the great work, check the emails everyday to keep up with progress. Must be great getting the mds from Kent and Amanda, and keeping in touch with them. take care.

Marg

Anonymous said...

Hey Mike,

It's been a while since we last saw you and from a far your progress is so good to hear about.
Take care

Anonymous said...

Kay and Hallam
Love to hear the good steady progress. Enjoy those yoghurts and bananas. So good to see you in the weekend Bryce.