Thursday 21 April 2011

21st April 2011

Hiya, Steven's dog "pongo" was a bit off colour recently, and we had to call out the vet'. The vet' came very quickly, and did a quick examination of him. She looked worried, so went to her car and brought in a Siamese cat. She put the Siamese onto "pongo" who was lying down, and allowed it to walk all over the dog. She picked up the Siamese, and said that "pongo" was fine. We were relieved, and asked for the bill, and she said 325euro. We said "How much?", she said 325euro, 25euro for the call out and 300euro for the cat scan. Come on, it ain't that bad. It certainly made Steven laugh. (To any Spanish people reading this, sorry, it won't translate very well!!) I'm not saying that was the start of his attitude change, but he has been better for a couple of days. Whether this is as a result of medicine change I don't know, but it's been good to have a smiley Steven back, let's hope he remains the same. Steven can now hold his hands together high above his head, a bit shaky with the strain and pain, but an improvement. He can use a knife and fork, and he can hold the handle of a plastic drinking mug. His movement between chair and bed is variable, mainly due to his left knee and ankle problems, but he does continue to try hard. We will continue to give him exercise to arms, legs, and voice, over the Easter weekend, due to a 5 day break from physio'. We also all hope to get away for a few hours if the weather would improve. Steven will enjoy seeing the sea, and have tapas and coffee. His voice is still monotone, and a little slow, but he no longer talks like a child. His intelligence is fine, in fact it seems to have improved due to the number of long words he's using.
Best regards Terry

2 comments:

  1. but can he do the YMCA?? maybe we should give it a go...gotta be worth a smile!!

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  2. What great update to read! It don't matter if its the meds that make him feel better or something els. The fact he is smiling more again is superb!! For him and for you!

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