I forgot to mention a couple of key things today – Memory like a sieve !

First of all, a big thanks to the Dennison Family who sent the loveliest, tallest bouquet of flowers in to Karen. She was well chuffed. There was also a box of chocolates as well – THANKS ! The address, btw, for anyone who would like to send flowers is :- Karen Pollard, Room 2, Ward 22, Q.E. Hospital, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

Second of all, I was on a mini-outing to get something from somewhere on the ward and when I got back to kp, she was staring at her left side intently.

dp:- What you doing love ?
kp:- I am trying to move my left arm.

Sure enough, she was trying to get her left arm on to her stomach. It didn’t work for a while and I recalled something the physio said about her movement being all shoulder-based on her left arm and could see that’s what she was trying to move.

dp:- Crikey love, that’s really close

She tried and tried and eventually she got her left arm on to her stomach. We both had big grins for each other and I told her how chuffed I was.