With Pauline back home and Sue and family joining us the weekend has been good. It is so long since we were last under one roof together. Everyone enjoyed it and Pauline's spirits were lifted too. The Friday experience was hard going but once we got a good night's sleep all went well. Sue and Derek and Ellie went all over the island and enjoyed revisiting old haunts.
The visitors left this morning and should be home about now. I got busy cleaning the house etc and soon Pauline was up and relaxing in the lounge. The District Nurse will remove the clips from the operation sites on Wednesday and then I think we shall see some real progress with walking. Whilst Pauline has used crutches already the walking frame is currently the best way around the house. Over the next few days we hope she will start to use crutches more and more.
She is relatively pain free now and can bend the leg a little more each day. Her strides (with the frame) are getting longer and getting her into bed is much less painful. The one thing that can cause trouble is if she tries to sit with her feet on the footstool that I bought when she was discharged from the Walton centre last December. Bridging the gap sets off strong pain. So I help her turn round and support her legs along the three seater settee.
We have both been on a steep learning curve since Friday! So now we give thanks that she is progressing well. The target is to be able to visit Toledo, Spain twice at the beginning and end of September. If you have not been there you won't understand the importance we give our forthcoming visit.
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