Day 187 - Tuesday 1st November

Uneventful day

Fast asleep when I arrived this morning. She had been so sweaty in the middle of the night, the staff had had to change her sheets at 4am.

Physio followed bath.

Today, it was stair work. Not climbing stairs, but using the first stair to really tax kp's lifting power in her left leg.



She started doing step ups and step downs, then progressed to step ups, and step downs without putting the other foot on the floor (a kind of tease of a step up). The main man then had her stand facing the handrail with both feet on the first step. She then had to swing one of the feet out and lower it to the floor (without putting weight on it). She cheated a couple of times, which we had a laugh at.

What she was doing was very hard. I envisaged myself doing it, and it would have taxed anyone. A couple of times one leg or the other gave way under the exertion, but the main man was there to stop a mishap.

kp was exhausted after the physio and walking a bit stiffer than normal.

There is a good chance there is no physio tomorrow, so I suggested to kp that she come home for the afternoonm, stay the night. We could ring in themorning to see if physio is on, and if it isn't she could have the whole day at home and go back on Thursday.

kp:- I am too tired to think of it.

Very strange, I thought. She normally jumps at a chance to go home.

So, we had a 2-3 hour snooze. Sleep over, I offered her the chance to go home again. But she didn't feel too hot, and wasn't up to the hassle of going home. (I expect she means packing, getting the drugs, going to the car etc.... which I normally do anyway). Think she is on a bit of a downer today.