It's still Simon for the time being, but my dad is now eagerly awaiting his first post back!
He's improved again over the last few days and the swelling is still going down. Most of the drains, pipes and tubes are out now and the tracheostomy should be removed in the next few days.
The two big improvements now are:
a) with assistance, he was able to walk about 50 yards
b) he's seen the speech therapist and is now able to say a few words, which is a few days ahead of schedule. He can't talk a lot yet, but he seems determined to keep the pace of improvement up.
The doctors have commented on how fast he's recovering. The physio said today that he is doing so much better than expected and to "keep it up", to which dad responded, "Don't worry mate, I will, I want to get out of this bl**dy place"!
Hopefully he'll be back on here soon. We won't be seeing him until Sunday now so next update will be Sunday night.
Simon xxx
Great to hear such positive reports of Chris recovering. Hope todays celebrations went off ok. There are so many of us thinking of you all and wishing Chris well. With recovery going along so well I did wonder if someone snuck some medicinal Guiness onto the ward! Best Wishes SueK
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