Our last night in Brisbane

It is our last night in Brisbane and five months since Bryan’s accident. We have been looking forward to this day for sooo long. To think that on the night of Bryan’s accident I took a clean set of his clothes down to the hospital as I thought that I would be bringing him home the next day, little did I know.

Our stay in the transition house has run rather smoothly just a couple of little issues to contend with, pressure areas on Bryan’s heels and back, but with constant monitoring and keeping off them they shouldn’t cause any problems. Of all the issues that come with a spinal cord injury the skin would have to be the biggest issue as if you don’t keep checking for pressure areas you could end up in bed for 1 to 8 weeks or even more depending on when it was noticed, where it is, how big it is.

Bryan’s progress has been amazing, but still has a long way to go. He has got more strength in his shoulders which helps him to push his chair around and helps with transferring from bed to chair and vice versa. He also has a bit more strength in his left tricep the right tricep is still weak. There hasn’t been any progress in the way of movement in his legs or fingers but his wish for Christmas is that he gets some finger movement back. Bryan is getting more spasms in his legs and stomach, but don’t know if they are a good thing as if they get too bad it means more medication to control them. It could be a sign that good things are happening inside, but no one can tell you for sure, it is still an area where more research needs to be done. We’ve been told that things can still come back up to two years after the accident, we can only pray.

I’m ready to hit the pillow ready for an early start and what will be a big day tomorrow.

Goodnight
Julie