Jo was visibly tired today and the physiotherapy session was limited in scope by that and the swelling in her left leg. The physiotherapist massaged the left foot and hand and advised Jo to keep it elevated as much as possible.
Despite her tiredness Jo did manage to transfer from the chair to the bed without a sliding board and managed to shuffle up the bed on her own. The physiotherapist said she could see an improvement with every visit and said she doubted Jo would need a rotunda by discharge time. The physiotherapist asked her to wiggle her toes but there was no joy. Jo said she can do it but not to command, something that the physiotherapist said was to be expected, functions returning unconsciously at first, only becoming conscious with time.
Jo was up in the chair at 08:00 as they needed to take the heart recorder off. The physiotherapist got her on the bed at 14:30. Jo went down to tea at 17:00, getting back into bed at 19:00. Getting back into bed Jo again did not use a sliding board and shuffled up the bed on her own, something she said was easier then the sliding board.
Despite there being little real progress today I have a feeling of something approaching normality returning. I had a dream this morning where I was speaking to Jo's ontologist about the prognosis for her recovery, which they thought was good. I had no idea what ontology was and so looked it up in the dictionary upon awakening. “The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence.”
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