This afternoon, Pat and I went to see Pádraig. I went home to check out a few things when Pat rang.

Pádraig had opened both eyes (over the past while, he had mostly opened the left eye only), and she felt he was focusing on something. And then, he decided that he wanted to move. Maybe he was just fed up lying in bed all day long, maybe he just wanted to turn. In any case, his whole body moved, both legs, his upper body, both arms, and he lifted up his head and was trying very hard to lift up his upper body. His hard rate went up, and his upper body showed signs of the enormous effort he was making.

Pat was quite sure that this was not a cramp or something else that was happening to him, it was him who was trying to move very very hard. He was so alert that when she asked him afterwards to move his foot, he did. We are not talking about big movements, he is still not able to do that. We are also not talking about him being able to lift or move his body a lot, it’s just small movements, but they are movements. Today, he was lying half way on his side before he moved. When he was finished, he was almost lying on his back. – Great news!

There are still news coming in from our great master swimmers and their Swim-a-Mile challenge they mastered to brilliantly. Thank you to Lynn and Irene again for doing what they probably felt themselves was the impossible just a few months ago. Thank you also to all who so generously supported them!

Next weekend, the amazing, mad, crazy, and impossible All-Ireland Snámh Phádraig will take place. I think there might still be just a few seats on the bus, but hurry if you want to join and get in touch with the team via their Facebook page. Alternatively, click here to support any of the 44 swimmer who have signed up so far.

Today, The Journal had an article on Pádraig, click here to read it. At just around 9.30pm, almost 40,400 people had clicked on it.

Today’s German Music Tip
Ina Müller, Aber dich, from her new album 48 which got her the German Music Prize “Echo” for best female rock/pop singer.
“Ich will immer das, von dem ich weiß ich krieg es nicht!” – Sounds familiar…!

What’s hot
Getting up
What’s cold
Having a break
The German word/phrase/verse of the day
Das kann doch gar nicht wahr sein!

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