Day 64 - Friday 1st July - Part One
Good Night's Sleep.
More positive and talkative kp today I am pleased to be able to report. Back to the usual banter.
Her head was hurting and when I checked the head dressing, it was out of position and very sloughy. So I changed the dressing and made a right pig's ear of it. Took twice as long as it should have because I hadn't got all the key stuff to hand. Preparation is the key and I thought dressing packs came with sterile water, but they didn't. But we got there in the end.
Breakfast consisted of 2 weetabix and she probably had about 1/2 a weetabix.
Bedbath uneventful.
The big news was the morning physio session. We were told they were going to get kp sitting up by herself on the bed with her legs dangling off. kp was very anxious about this and had woken up at 5am worrying about how they were going to do it.
First, they shifted her to a physio bench with a PAT slide. Then one physio gradually lifted her back, while the other 2 held her hips and legs in place. A huge smile came across her face as she started to be sat up and she came out with:-
kp:- wahey !
The smile stayed all the way until she was sitting bolt upright with the head physio supporting her back. Various exercises were then done to get kp to get her balance. They hurt at first, but after a couple of physio tweaks, they were sorted. She had to pat another physio on the back whilst retaining her balance. At first, she was being supported, but by the end of the session, kp was pretty much maintaining her sat up position herself and doing the maneuvre solo. She was rightly well pleased with herself as was the physio. It also didn't hurt her cocchyx, but instead her bones in her arse (sorry Karen, bottom) were hurting.
Big Success and something which kp is pleased she has tackled and achieved.
More positive and talkative kp today I am pleased to be able to report. Back to the usual banter.
Her head was hurting and when I checked the head dressing, it was out of position and very sloughy. So I changed the dressing and made a right pig's ear of it. Took twice as long as it should have because I hadn't got all the key stuff to hand. Preparation is the key and I thought dressing packs came with sterile water, but they didn't. But we got there in the end.
Breakfast consisted of 2 weetabix and she probably had about 1/2 a weetabix.
Bedbath uneventful.
The big news was the morning physio session. We were told they were going to get kp sitting up by herself on the bed with her legs dangling off. kp was very anxious about this and had woken up at 5am worrying about how they were going to do it.
First, they shifted her to a physio bench with a PAT slide. Then one physio gradually lifted her back, while the other 2 held her hips and legs in place. A huge smile came across her face as she started to be sat up and she came out with:-
kp:- wahey !
The smile stayed all the way until she was sitting bolt upright with the head physio supporting her back. Various exercises were then done to get kp to get her balance. They hurt at first, but after a couple of physio tweaks, they were sorted. She had to pat another physio on the back whilst retaining her balance. At first, she was being supported, but by the end of the session, kp was pretty much maintaining her sat up position herself and doing the maneuvre solo. She was rightly well pleased with herself as was the physio. It also didn't hurt her cocchyx, but instead her bones in her arse (sorry Karen, bottom) were hurting.
Big Success and something which kp is pleased she has tackled and achieved.
posted by David Pollard at Friday, July 01, 2005
2 Comments:
Bloody brilliant, after reading your woes this week, chuffed today to see you have been able to sit up. Do not even think you are not progressing you are doing great and remember practice makes perfect!
Suexx
YAAAAHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A BRILLIANT START.....NOT LONG NOW TILL YOUR SLAPPING DP ON THE BACK FOR ALL HIS GREAT WORK......
KEEP IT UP CHUCK...
LOVE DEBSX
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