When I walked in today at 13:55 Jo was asleep in her bed, despite her physiotherapy session being due in five minutes. I woke her and she raised her left leg up by pulling it towards herself, raising it at the knee.
"Do that again." I said, whereupon Jo raised her right leg in the same manner. "Not that leg, the left one." I admonished. At this Jo raised her left leg. "So you can do it!" I exclaimed.
"Yes." replied Jo with a quiet smile.
During physiotherapy we tried transferring Jo into the car. As I suspected the rotunda was a non-starter so we used the sliding board to help Jo shuffle from the chair to the car. With the suspension and passenger seat at their lowest setting and a pillow between the chair and the bodywork to protect the paintwork, transferral was relatively easy, positioning the sliding board under Jo and her right leg in the footwell. At the right moment the assistant physiotherapist helped Jo get her left leg in the footwell and the job was done.
Transfer out of the car proved easier, effected by raising the car's suspension and passenger seat to their highest level and moving the seat back up. Then, with two "hops", Jo was able to get back in the chair. On the first attempt the assistant physiotherapist placed Jo's left leg out of the car and helped Jo to position it thereafter. The second run-through saw Jo position her left leg herself after it had been placed out of the car.
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