kp back on top form.

Went in early today to get kp already for Liz (kp’s hairdresser). We wanted to have the bath behind us and ideally leave kp hair’s wet for Liz. As it happens, Liz was running late, so we had plenty of time anyway. Liz brought her daughter (Kelly) along and kp was pleased to see them both. Within no time of their arrival, it was as if kp was at the hairdressers. The banter was typical, although I didn’t hear “are you going anywhere for your holidays ?”. But gossip !!!! Never heard as much in an hour. This did as much good for Karen as the hairdoo, which she really appreciated it. Thanks very much Liz !!!! kp was very pleased with the end result.

Liz, kp and Kelly

After Liz and Kelly left, kp and I had some lunch (chicken sandwiches), and then kp went to sleep until physio (2.30pm).

Physio was awesome today.

kp’s arm was feeling a lot better today after tha main man’s mastery yesterday. So no time was lost easing any pain and kp went straight into strengthening her “standing up” leg muscles. kp lied on her back and the main man leant his body weight (not all of it) onto kp’s left foot and kp had to keep him up and not let him fall on her. The same was done with the right, but more time was spent on the left leg, this being the weaker side. There was no additional physio, just the main man, Karen and I.

After about 10 minutes of this, kp (lying down) had to thrust her hip in the air (left side then right side, then both together) – all good practice for standing up apparently.

After about an hour of various other exercises, we thought it was all over and the main man (and me helping) got kp sitting upright on the side of the bench. So then, he got kp to practice “half stands”, where she holds a position half way between sitting and standing. This looks (and is) really hard.

Finally as the “icing on the cake”, he positioned himself in front of Karen (I did nothing at all), and put his hands along her back and kp did the standing motion and he helped her go to full standing. The main man said he had to do a lot less than he thought he would have to do. He got her to hold the standing position for about 45 seconds.

Holding a standing position isn’t as hard as “standing up”, so the fact that kp did so much herself is really good. She was well pleased with the session. I was dead proud of her.

We went back to the room where Marie and Adele were waiting.

They had a tea party all laid out for Karen and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.

A little amusing story to finish on. Marie is known for appearing every day and saying “Hey, I got these shorts for you at (some famous store), 2 for £4″, or “I found this T-shirt at X, only 25p”. Well, I won’t mention the shorts she bought last week which were size 18-20 and you could have fit me and Karen in, but I will mention the cockup I made today of fitting the t-shirt to karen. This t-shirt (see picture above) has a “hidden support compartment” for breasts. Well, within minutes of arriving, Marie was fumbling at Karen’s breasts. I just stood out of the way. After Marie’s fumble, kp looked spot on. Basically I had fitted the t-shirt incorrectly and you shouldn’t be able to see the “hidden support compartment” that is SO visible in the picture above.

We live and learn.