Hiya,
at Torrevieja hospital this morning. Had a really intensive examination by hospital admission's head. Over one hour, including a lot of computer work. The doctor saw Steven on day one of his accident so was surprised with his improvement. The only real downside to the meeting was that nothing will be done to Steven's elbow. It was explained that the calcification was of a type and situation that will continue to grow and get worse for up to 2 years. If there was an operation now, there would have to be more operations as the calcification would continue to grow after the operation. Difficult to understand, just wish we'd been told this before, Steven could have prepared himself for a longer haul. On the plus side, Steven starts speech therapy at Torrevieja on Monday, which is awkward due to physio' at Valencia, but we'll sort that out. This speech therapy will also be in English which is a more difficult language to speak. For information, in the Spanish language you say almost every letter in every word, and even link words together. English is much more complicated, with many letters having different sounds, and is less fluid than Spanish. For a laugh, find a foreign/English dictionary and read how to speak English!!! We await appointments for the bone consultant, re' Steven's hip, and I'll keep you updated on that. Already at least 20 sessions of physiotherapy have been organised, we just need to be told the time and place, but it will be local and far more convenient. We felt it was a positive meeting. Last year Steven opened his eyes for me on my birthday 13th November, coming home on 18th November will do as this year's belated birthday present.
Best regards Terry
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