Things seem to continuing apace

Jo has had her new wet room for over a week now and it seems to be having an efficacious effect on her rehabilitation as well as affording her great delight and relief at being able to bathe properly again.

The stimulating effect of the shower on her left side is very therapeutic and actually causes her index finger on her let hand to straighten out each morning.

Another corner turned

Jo had her first physiotherapy session in two months today and it evinced a remarkable degree of improvement. I had already observed that Jo was moving her left foot at the ankle. This is more so when she is in a prone position that sitting but there is definitely more movement there. Neuralgic pain accompanies this but that is the nature of the beast.

Today Jo managed to walk her usual 9 yards without any verbal or physical help from the physiotherapists. This is most encouraging and Jo herself professed that she felt more positive than she has before about her own abilities. Hopefully another corner really has been turned.

Hopefully things are getting better.

We went to Addenbrookes yesterday so the neurosurgeon could look at Jo's head wound. I was concerned that some dry flakes below the still-healing wound were residue from a discharge but he was firmly of the opinion that it was just dry skin. I hope he is right. Jo is getting worn down dealing with all the complications arising from the fall in March last year.

We may be getting back to normal

Jo seems to have recovered from the second bout of gout and is in much better spirits. We don't have another physiotherapy session scheduled until next week so we shall see how she has improved or not. She currently has nerve pain in her left ankle which, although painful for her is a sign that some movement is returning in that area, hopefully decreasing the limb synergies.

We currently have the builders in converting the downstairs bathroom to a wt room for Jo and she is looking forward to that. A year of bed baths is not fun.