The Next Step

We have finally taken the next step and we are currently living in the transition house in Brisbane. This follows my trip home last Sunday for the first time in 5 months. Our first stop was to Julie’s Mum’s place for morning tea (which is a regular for the Fitzgerald’s) and to watch the boys play a bit of back yard cricket. Danny, Mick and Craig placed me in the outfield in the hope that I could catch a ball or two, no such luck, I was never that good at cricket anyway.

From Joan’s we went to Steve and Brenda’s home for a gathering of the Friends of Bryan Committee. It was great to be surrounded by friends and family. We stayed in a motel in Toowoomba for the night (thanks Liz and crew), then out to the University in the morning to catch up with work colleagues.

On our way back to Brisbane we went via Lotus Cres., where my Dad and Craig were hard at work finishing off some painting, can’t wait to get back home to stay. Our trip didn’t start well with the air con not working in the car, Shane had a look at it for us but it is going to need some time spent to fix, hence a hot trip back to Brisbane.

After saying our farewells to patients and staff we headed off to the transition house for our stay up until Xmas Eve. The house is certainly going to test my skills as it has a few challenging areas for me to negotiate. Our first three days have been without drama and feel that my endurance is increasing to the point I can handle being in the chair for a whole day in this heat. We have carer’s come in morning and night to assist with personnel care giving Julie a much needed break. Next week we have a carer coming down from Toowoomba for three days who will be trained to work with me when I get home along with 3 other carer’s.

We can’t thank everyone enough for the effort they are putting into getting us home.

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you

Keep you posted

Bryan