kp had a lie-in today. She didn’t wake up until about 9.15am, and so when I arrived at 10am, she was still eating her breakfast which the staff had very kindly done for her specially.

No bath today. kp had a bit of jip with her left arm today. She feels she must have slept on it or something, but any movement was causing pain. This is the stroke arm and what is weird is she feels pain a LOT more sensitively in this arm, yet she has very little motor function in it. It is hoped that this will improve in time of course.

Most of the morning was spent chatting and snoozing. She didn’t feel like lunch, but instead had some grapes, cherries and a glass of milk. She then started to feel queasy, and about 10 minutes later threw up everything she had ate

She has been doing so well and then this comes along. But she wasn’t too bothered by it. We changed the sheets (cos I wasn’t quite quick enough with a sickbowl) and then it was time for physio. kp was up for it.

30 minutes after the sickness, and she was in the physio room sitting upright. We had some real good crack with the physios today, and kp was doing lots of belly laughing. They make it so much fun and kp really looks forwards to each session. Today’s physio involved the Occupational Therapist (OT) who gets kp to do lots of everyday stuff. Today, she had to put on her nighty (2 types (1 buttoning all the way down and the other buttons partly down the nighty)). She was doing this while sitting upright on the bench. Whilst she was doing it, her face was pointing mostly down at the floor so she could keep her balance and concentrate. Bit by bit, she did her best to get the nighty past the obstacle of her left arm (with a little help from the physios) and got both nightys on. Each time she got a nighty on, she looked up at me with the BIGGEST, BIGGEST of smiles. She was so chuffed with herself. We were all praising her big time.

It’s funny how the simplest of things can be so hard and how they can mean so much when you crack them.

I think one of the reasons kp was pleased was that she has something new to get her teeth into each day now. Formerly, getting a nighty on involved 2 turns on the bed, which she gets a bit sick of and any reduction in the number of turns is also gratefully received.

Sickness aside, kp was in a great postive mindset today, and made a few phonecalls to friends and family. I think everyone she phoned was pleased to get the call.

Marie arrived at 3.50pm drenched to the skin ‘cos her brolly had blown inside out. She had also had her shed burgled last night. So hopefully kp will be able to cheer her up a bit.

That’s about it for today.