Thursday 30th July

Well It's my second day on the job and I haven't been fired by Bec or Erin so last nights blog must have past the test.

When I visited Bryan today they had him out of bed and sitting up in a big chair which caught me by surprise as I wasn't expecting that to happen so soon. Bryan felt like he was floating over the chair as couldn't feel his bottom sitting on it, he said it was a strange feeling. They didn't keep him in the chair for too long as you could see it was tiring him out.

Bryan also had his first meal today and as you could imagine he wasn't impressed by what was on offer, mashed up veges and what looked like pureed meat of some sort . As he is having trouble swallowing he's not eating much, but that will eventually increase over time. The physio is still making regular visits to come and beat his chest and get him to cough to clear his lungs of the muck that is still making it hard for him to breath, but he is improving every day.

After being on such a high yesterday I think it wore Bryan out as he didn't have that spark in him today and he said as much to me this afternoon. Angela the Social Worker said there will be
days where he is going to feel this way as he will be trying to come to terms with what has happened and what is yet to happen, it will be a journey we will all share together and get him through it.

They are (and we are) hoping that Bryan will be transferred to the spinal unit tomorrow, so fingers crossed.

Bec or Erin will probably be back on the job tomorrow night, but I will be back next week.

Goodnight all

Julie