Another weekend at home where we all try to relax. However the dog decided to make his escape Friday evening whilst Pauline and I were moving vehicles. He wasn’t wearing his collar due to just having flea drops put on his neck. We searched all his favourite places with no luck. We even left the gate ajar for him all night. Further searches next morning also unsuccessful. We now have to decide what to do when we leave Sunday evening. Notes with the neighbours seems to be all we can do. Steven is upset, but he does have other things more important on his mind, as do we. We’ll keep looking. Whilst at home, Steven admitted that he was really scared (I can’t use the words he really used!!). He was scared of the accident because he keeps thinking about it. He’s scared of the upcoming operation because he doesn’t know the outcome. He’s also scared as to what his future will be. We believe that these are the feelings that are affecting his mind, and this is why he is sometimes abrupt and rude. We have many times tried to reassure him, and to make positives out of negatives, but we do so, knowing that it isn’t us, and we’re not feeling the pain and discomfort. He is frustrated at the length of time it’s taking to put him right, but he also understands that it’s been longer for us, since he was in a coma for such a long time. He hasn’t been given a date for the operation, and he now awaits permissions for his arm operation. He cannot yet leave the hospital as an out-patient despite our pleadings that we all think it be in his best interests. We feel that Steven will need an English language speech therapist, his Spanish is fine, but his English is more of a mumble and is often difficult to understand. His computer skills are fine, as are his music mixing skills, though a little too loud for us!! His conversation level is brilliant, and he can organize his daily life and plan ahead. We feel that the hip operation is all that is needed now to really improve his life.
Best regards Terry
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