Hello everybody I've been restraining myself all weekend from writing this, because usually things tend to go wrong as soon as I do. However, I think that the evidence so far has made such an update worth while.
On Friday afternoon, we began a "bank holiday" weekend here in the UK. Basically that means that offices and some shops, along with medical services which are non-emergency all stay closed on the Monday, reopening for business on Tuesday. This is the "May Day" weekend and it's always celebrated on the first Monday of May every year. Anyway, on Friday afternoon, Gordon was allowed to come home from the rest bite home where he has been housed and receiving treatment since last December. On the proviso that he didn't suffer any major relapses throughout the course of this weekend, they have finally discharged him from the home, allowing him to stay home with his family and receive treatment in a psychiatric unit of a local hospital as an out-patient. His treatment will take place daily for the time being, reducing the frequency as time goes on. He sees one of the psychologists for the final time on Wednesday of this week, assuming everything goes well. Tracy and I are once again going to take over his care, ably assisted by his father. Needless to say I am absolutely overjoyed to have him home again full time. This weekend has not seen any major relapses as yet, and he's still very positive on the whole. There are inevitably going to be bad days; but we hope we can get him through those times without anything major occurring. If it does then we can take him back in, but I am hopeful that the worst is finally behind us, and that we can start to move forward with his therapy. He is already receiving a mobility refresher course, undertaken by a very competent mobility instructor. Caroline is one of those all too rare people thee days who is proficient in Braille, alongside other vision-impaired related skills and it is showing. She gave Gordon a new white cane not too long ago, and wouldn't settle until the exact right size cane had been found. Gordon still has some physiological issues which we need to address. For instance, he has an iron and protein imbalance and his blood count isn't right. That's something which is being very carefully monitored and which is not a result of his diet. They are currently conducting tests to try to determine exactly where the problem lies; but they are 99% sure that it isn't a life-threatening issue. However, it is causing problems with his circulation, and it's pretty obvious when he exercises that something isn't right. Indeed, we sometimes have to stop him when he doesn't want to stop because his hands and face are going blue. That's a sure sign of a circulation issue and we've been strongly advised not to let him push it too far even if he's feeling alright at the time. He is going to be starting physiotherapy after the holiday weekend as well. They've done all the available tests on his heart and, I'm glad to say, his heart is absolutely sound. So we'll have to keep an eye on things and see how we go. Anyway, I am babbling; but I thought I'd let you know how he's going. Hopefully now we might be able to start pushing forward with our plans. I'm still in the process of reintegrating myself as well as I am keen, as is Gordon, for me to get back to work as well. Lynne ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
