I am not trying to get rid of Jessie but Aussi Rules Football has taken over the household. Last night with the Hawks winning by three points and Collingwood taking care of the Sydney Swans – Sorry Allison but Michael will have a happy night. Tomorrow is my turn with Geelong playing the Kangaroos – Go the Cats. I will wear my Cat’s shirt and hat. Even St Catherines has set out teams flags around the balcony- GO THE CATS!
Well another week has passed –. Monday was another visit to the Chiropractor and some more manipulation on Jill’s back. I think after each visit there is a slight improvement – so we are back again next Monday. I have added a new string to my bow – that is things I have never done before. I coloured Jill hair – It worked and looks great. Michael will need to give me some tips so that I don’t get told off while applying the dye. Jill has so much hair I found it difficult to get to the roots.
The UTI infection appears to react favourably to the capsules we got from USA – called UTI slip. We had a slight hitch with some being held up in customs.
Jill has made two walks down our street to the court and back with me beside her. Her use of the crutches seems to be improving – especially her coordination. Beth arrived on Friday and suggested another walk – which she did without complaining. Her next visit in two weeks will bring about another milestone – going shopping at Coles – Fingers crossed.
To day we have been doing some mind games – cross word puzzle, a name game called Find-a Word and Suduko. Like reading it has been hard to get Jill interested. She has been reading a bit each day and the puzzles seemed to be the next step. Jill’s concentration seems to be improving. She has been on the Hytrin -Terazosin for about 18 days and is now taking 3mg per day. I don’t know if there is any change that is substantial – perhaps the concentration and coordination are part of it. Ron from Queensland sent an email the other night and he is seeing further improvements (he is taking 5mg per day). This is the problem, we have no indication of the amount of Hytrin to take – so it is trial and error.
Next Wednesday we head to Albury for Jill to be accessed for the Speech Therapy. Then we start in earnest the following Monday.
We received the DVD from USA – “Sophie’s Search for a Cure” It is designed to encourage more research and money from the USA Government towards Parkinson research. It is extremely sad as Sophie died last year not long after the official release of the film.
I have made some alterations to the Pages on the blog site – just some updates as they were first written before we went to China last year – June 2006.
The Oz travellers are probably in Adelaide by now. We have some pictures below.
As usual Jess has arrived at my feet – looking longingly up and imploring me to get her dinner.
We will see you next week on the net.
