Winter solstice

Jo got up at 10:00 after a good Sunday morning with breakfast in bed. Although the Kylie absorbed a lot, the bed linen and Jo's nightdress were wet. Maybe the new female urinal will be better or perhaps the collaborative care assistants can advise on how to better use them, but some improvements definitely need to be made. Or perhaps this will act as an incentive for Jo to become more mobile?

We went to Waitrose to do some shopping. Prior to this Jo did ten minutes of pedalling on the machine. Although I didn't notice any movement in the left leg the transfers seemed to go smoother, albeit not without the usual protests of “I can't do this!” from Jo. She is increasingly getting left and right confused and lifting the right buttock when I ask her to lift the left. She can lift the left one, although she will protest that she can't. I need to work through this one as obviously the left and right are fighting for dominance when they should be working together.

Today marked the Winter solstice, this was coincidentally the shortest day of the year, the point at which the I Ching forecast for the next phase of Jo's recovery.