Last night
we were asked to leave you be to become accustomed to the news of what Roger
has done this week. Im sorry beyond belief that we couldnt tell you sooner
& we all feel so terrible that we have been forced to lie to you but I know
you will understand & we were fighting so hard & strong to contest this
& basically we have & we have done good. Today your mama was in court
& was awarded four nights & days custody. This is for the next six weks
& then we are all hoping by then it will be your turn to have your day in
court & regain your full custody primary carer rights of precious Evelyn.
Wont go in to too much on this but you know what we would all be saying &
you will learn what we have all done to fight his opportunist evil actions.
Today you had a wonderful visit from Bets, Joss & Lau. You had
a great time reading to her even though it makes your eyes so weary but enjoyed
every single moment with your little angel. During this visit Kaylea &
James Lawson came to see you. All to quickly you were swept off to physio &
Kaylea was able to come & join you in your session to document it & get
pics. She was teary eyed talking of how amazing you done & how much your
physiotherapists praise you & your great strength & willpower. I was in
tears hearing this from relief of all the news we received from today &
with such happiness for your abilities & immense strength. You really are
so amazing babe & are just overwhelming all of us with your courage &
actions. James, Lau, Joss & boo went to the cafe for a drink whilst u were
in physio but unfortunately your session ran over some what & James had to
leave without much time seeing you but he will be back. Kaylea gets giggly
talking about this & says he smells amazing haha!! Kaylea has sent me a
huge long message on how your therapy was set out & how you did. Here goes;
First off you were told off by the therapists for getting up onto the bed too
quickly haha. They then started with exercise supporting you to stand, using
weight baring techniques & encouraging you to push your left knee backwards
& forwards. You did this "amazingly well!" You needed to sit down
after a time so the therapists worked on your upper body. You were asked to
look in the mirror & watch yourself whilst you lifted your left shoulder up
& down. You did this with brilliant technique & movement. You then laid
down on the bed & got onto your side yourself adjusting & positioning
yourself comfortably on the hand right side. Your therapist who I think is
called Sam lifted your left leg & asked you to push back onto her with it.
You pushed her very hard in the tummy & she joked that she could of kicked
you off the bed & so you pushed into her even harder & you all had a
good giggle about how fierce you are!! You then got comfortable on your front
& the therapists helped as you had pain in your left shoulder from your
fall, numpty* You were asked to raise the lower part of your left leg bending
at the knee. You did this well & after Sam lifted your whole leg straight
& upwards you were encouraged to do this action yourself but felt you
couldnt. They explained that this technique is difficult anyhow as it is
going against gravity to lift it upwards & it is harder on your front as
your hip flexors are not engaged (well done Kaylea on technical
observations!!haha) You have very weak hamstrings & gluteus maximus
(bum cheeks haha) on both sides considering you have been bed bound for a
fortnight now so the therapists werent concerned & will build the muscle
slowly again & regain your strength. They all laughed that it wasnt just
your bad leg that you couldnt raise so was dealt with humour & positivity
as always with your brilliant carers, nurses & therapists. The therapists
then twizzled your toes & feet & would position them in a way &
asked you to reflect what way they had pushed them. You were okay at this but
they noted that even on your right side to your brain was sending the wrong
signals towards feeling on your feet as she would push upwards but you felt it
was down etc. They will work on this intensively over the next week or two.
They positioned your left arm alongside your body & you were able to raise
your shoulder up and down. You also moved your arms out in front of you and
were able to push yourself up & arch your back. They were happy with your
back & shoulder muscles although they too are weak they were impressed with
your mobility. You positioned onto your right side again & Sam put a ball
behind your knee & you moved it back and forth able to keep your grip on it
constantly. Kaylea cheered you on as they were all very impressed by your leg
strength & core here & your therapists said you done super in this
activity. You then got into a sitting position & brought your leg &
foot upwards. You were asked to speak of your goals & desires. You said you
desperately want to be able to walk to the toilet & although its not going
to not happen the therapists wanted you to concentrate on smaller daily achievements.
They have every faith in that you will walk again regardless but they said
thats a long term goal. Also long term goal is your desire to pick something up
with your left hand. They asked you to have a goal for tomorrow & you said
standing alone. They stood you up right there & then to access what
movements they need to encourage & explain what muscles you need to
concentrate on, they let go of you to stand alone as they realise you were
standing so strong yourself. You stood for OVER A MINUTE ALONE!!!!!!!!! This is
fucking mega and we are all so impressed with you babe. Not two weeks ago you
were so unwell & now your gaining all this strength & desire again its
amazing & we are just so so proud of you babe. Kaylea said that half way
through your left leg wobbled & adjusted to make it harder to stand for
longer but you kept standing & sat down so proud of yourself & your
amazing achievement that you had only just put into words & then actioned
out only minutes later. How much more determined can you get!! Your therapists
were so so impressed & joked that you needed a new goal again. Sam was brilliant
with you & explained that although your recovery will still be a long journey
with ups & downs she has confidence you will meet your needs & goals
sooner than they first anticipated. Phyio then massaged your left hand &
she could feel you putting pressure on her hands. She asked if you could
squeeze her hand & although weak was very impressed hun. All very intense
& tiring Im sure but you did so amazing darling. You then went back to your
bed & were seen by a speech & language therapist who had visited you a
week ago & was clearly shocked by your progress from then. She stated that
last week you hardly had any expression with your words & speech and very
limited eye contact which had really upset you. She was so impressed with
the animation in your face & voice when you interacted with her &
Kaylea & was very happy with your speech. She left when Sam & Dad turn
up for a visit so no rest for you babe, your in such high demand & we all
miss you terribly when we dont get to come in everyday. We have to rotate how
many times we get to see you to be just fair hehe. I will be in tomorrow I hope
depending on how tired you are. It was snowing so hard yesterday that I had to
sleep over at mums as too unsafe to drive with Jaspey in the car & so we
didnt get to come in to visit either which was so irritating. You had fair few
visits yesterday too with your mum, Alli, Charlotte, Alex & Casey coming in
after your double therapy sessions. This, plus the court case wiped you out so
Im sure you werent too stressed with lack of visitors in the evening but we
still all feel worried you may be lonely, bored or unhappy. I hope you promise
to tell us genuinely when you want us to leave coz your tired or if you want us
to stay longer etc. Back to today, Rachel also joined your troop & then
Alli & Lorraine arrived from court to fill you in so everyone else left.
Kaylea came straight to mums where we all were as no one but poor Gary had to
go into work!! We all whooped & cheered over seeing how elated Kaylea was
to of spent brilliant quality time with you & how animated she seemed
explaining how you were doing in therapy & emotionally after all you had
been dealt with today. She said she was unbelievably proud & impressed by
her nut nut & really pleased she got to witness your super strength &
determination. "She is one beautiful diamond shining bright!!*" Love
& light sweetpea. xxx
Jaspey enjoying snow day** <3<3<3
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