Monday the last day of winter

Hello everyone,

I haven't blogged in a while (been very busying catching up on uni and exams, etc) so I thought I should give you an update on Dad's latest.

I spent yesterday (being monday) with Dad and it was the first time I had seen him since I was sick last week. He seemed a little lethargic as he didn't get to sleep until 3am but that didn't stop him from having a very active day.

I quite enjoy hanging out with Dad on Mondays, I get to talk to him about how he is feeling, what he is thinking and spend some time working out what his next plan of attack is. We had some high priority admin issues to sort out in the morning with the doc and nursing staff, a few delimmas over the weekend will hopefully be sorted now.

The daily routine took us to OT at 11am where Dad attempted to beat his record at solitaire/chinese checkers game. You have to try and jump all your pegs and end up with the smallest number you can. Dad is currently 2nd on the record board with a score of 3 but this isn't good enough for him, he wants his name in 1st place.

Dad's cousins Karen and Angela came to visit after lunch, they bought with them a happy spirit which cheered Dad up a bit. They bought him a soft crocodile toy, which they said reminded them of Dad, had a bit of a laugh over that. We all talked to Uncle Jeff in China via Skype!

2.30 came quickly and we were nearly late for Dad's physio appointment. Karen and Angela joined us for a little bit and said a lovely prayer for Dad before they left. Erin, Dad's physio, had written up a new program at Dad's request, it will make it easier to keep track of his progress. Dad trailled the automatic bike pedal machine, did weights and dominated the arm pedal machine. I was amazed at just how well he was performing and considering he was already tired.

Mark Harland also came to visit later on in the afternoon. The day seems to pass so quickly when you are kept busy so before I knew, it was time to say goodbye.

One of the OT's was visiting Mum at home in Toowoomba today and I haven't heard how it went yet but hopefully Mum will be able to update on that very soon!

Goodnight and love to you all
Rebecca xox