After 8 weeks and 4 days Martin left hospital yesterday (Friday 11th).
It would good to say that he's home having made a full recovery but that's far from the truth at the moment. There's still quite a long way to go.
Having said that, it was really good to see him today back in his own armchair, TV remote control and laptop nearby. He didn't have a good first nights sleep and his eyes were particularly bad this morning but I'm sure that once he's had a couple of days to settle back in I think we'll start to see real progress and improvement.
It did seem strange to see him dressed in jeans and a shirt rather than in pyjamas!
Everyone is pleased to see him home especially Bruellan (4 legs, shiny coat, wet nose - unusual child ;-). As the ambulance bringing Martin home turned the corner, Bruellan was jumping up at the window...do dogs have sixth sense?
Part of settling back in at home is finding out how to get round the day to day problems like not being able to get upstairs for a shower, navigating the house in a wheelchair etc. So far so good.
Mart will now be having physiotherapy twice a week rather than each day as he did whilst in hospital. Not sure how effective this will be yet. It could well be that the rest in between each session will enable him to achieve more as hopefully he'll have built up the energy. But I suspect once he has settled back into the routine at home he'll be keen to push himself as much as possible to make progress. He knows his limits though.
What are the good things about being home? Food with taste - curry tonight and a beer! The not so good things (bearing in mind he hasn't seen any telly for nearly nine weeks) X Factor is still on ;-)
Funny how you really fancy certain food when you haven't been able to have it for a long while. Remember, Martins condition was triggered as a result of food poisoning whilst on holiday in Turkey and the tests have confirmed it was a dodgy bacon sandwich. So what does he really fancy...bacon and eggs for breakfast!!!
...and he still wants to go back to Turkey for holidays.
Hopefully Martin will post to the blog over the coming weeks, I know he's been absolutely overwhelmed by the concern and support shown by all his family and friends and particularly his work contacts who've helped to keep his business ticking over during a hugely worrying time.
As I said at the start of this post, there's a way to go and both he and his immediate family will still need loads of support. Why not leave them all a message, I know they'd very much appreciate it.
