This week has been a mixture of pain in various sorts for Pauline. However, yesterday we had fish and chips outside the Ship Inn with David and Liz Jones. The tide was in so we could sit at the water's edge and look across Red Wharf Bay as we lunched together. We all thoroughly enjoyed it. The big surprise was when Pauline found she could get both legs under the table by getting on the bench like organists do. The weather is now helping us a great deal so that we get out more.
Today we had a visit from the community physio, Elin. Pauline got her to show her again how to use the outside step at each door together with crutches. She scored well on this. Then she tried walking in the house with a single crutch and found she could do it quite easily. She did so well that the physio doesn't need to come back for a fortnight!
This afternoon, after a fruitless search on the web for a suitable garden chair which was safe for Pauline, we decided to visit a garden centre at Pentre Berw. When we arrived we found the place full of wheelchair-bound people! It was an outing of disabled people and their carers. We took a wheelchair provided by the garden centre and went to the garden furniture section. We found just the right one (so we bought two - cheaper that way) and Pauline was able to try it out before purchasing. After loading the chairs and Pauline, I set off for Waitrose to get extra BBQ items of food. She really loved this experience because we could use a store wheelchair with a matching trolley. Now she will be shopping each week with me! So life is getting steadily back to normal and this is good news.
We had a BBQ this evening, consisting of pork chops in a honey and mustard marinade, beef truffles and a Greek salad. It was helped down with a bottle of Prosecco which rounded off a great day. We are looking forward to a garden day tomorrow!
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