High spirits

 I popped in to see Mum on Tuesday evening and she was in pretty good spirits.  She seemed less tired than the last time I saw her, even though I arrived just before the end of visiting hours.

She has had a wide range of visitors from family and friends to physio and occupational therapists, it's all go. The physio is getting Mum to do an exercise whereby she interlocks the fingers of both hands and uses her left arm to assist her raising her right arm.  In typical fashion Mum demonstrated this exercise a number of times during my visit, she is really focused on goals.

Her goal for tomorrow morning is to make her own breakfast.

Mum has really enjoyed all the visits she has had and we went through a number of her photos of Mike and Hugo, it was great to see her face light up as we looked at a number of Hugo's photos.  Mum was also showing off her fingers as her lifelong friend Jenny has been in giving her a manicure which she was really pleased with.

Mum has also been learning new tricks such as how to talk to your phone to prepare a txt message, she was quick to show me how this was done. It's a worry when I'm learning how to use my phone from my parents. She was also threatening to bombard us with txt messages. 

There remains a fair journey ahead of us, however, Mum is holding up well and really appreciates all the visits and messages.  

Pete