On Sunday night, we heard people shouting: “Pádraig, Pádraig, Pádraig” – at the top of their voice. About 50 swimmers were running into the sea in Bray, County Wicklow, under the moon-lid sky, for their last swim on an epic tour of Ireland. Their voices could be heard here in Hamburg, a thousand miles away. And they had their effect. Pádraig was quite alert today, he really tried very hard to move, and it visible and clear to us that he is not far away from moving all of his limbs if he keeps going like this. We have been talking to all the therapists, the doctors and the nurses and told them that Pádraig is a person that needs a challenge. We are all on the same page. I know that everybody here is doing their utmost to mobilize Pádraig, to support his recovery to the best of their abilities. I also know that there is no-one quite like Pádraig from whom nothing is impossible.
Some of you might not have followed the tweets about #snamhphadraig over the weekend. Here are just three of the hundreds of tweets that showed #snamhphadraig trending in Dublin a couple of times during the weekend.
Just after midnight today
Gráinne Mistéil @gardengra
#SnámhPhádraig Tonight I met 50 young folk swimming in the dark shouting “Padraig, Padraig, Padraig”. I bet they could be heard in Hamburg!
Just after 1am this morning
Jen Ní Mhathúna @jennimhathuna
Just had the best shower of my life after an incredible weekend – míle b do gach éinne a ghlac páirt agus a thacaigh linn!. #SnamhPhadraig
Just after 3am the same paper:
Eibhlín Walsh @EibhlnWalsh
Díreach I ndiaidh an baile a shroicheadh I mBéal Feirste! Scriosta ach sona sásta. #SnamhPhadraig
At 16:40 today
Caoimhe NíMhuilleoir @CaoimheNiMh
#SnamhPhadraig making headlines! @DublinSouthFM 5.10pm, @Cormacag5 @RTERnaG after 5pm & @RoisinTG4 tonight 8pm @TG4TV pic.twitter.com/pZSMiUQwMF
There was also a very nice comment on the blog yesterdays:
Recovering today, it truly was amazing, my mind is not even ready to start processing it yet. It was hard at times but it was never a sacrifice, because it helped and uplifted every one of us personally too. I am so grateful to Aodhán and the organisers for the chance to just be together all weekend doing something for Pádraig. On the last beach in Bray, with the moon and the harbour lights shining in the cold night, with the photographers and supporters, and everyone chanting for Pádraig, I just had a huge rush of hope and felt the absolute conviction that he will make it through this and be back with us. There was just so much love and hope and energy there for him, that there is no way he won’t. There’s just no way!
And just some of samples of what was reported in the media about Snámh Phádraig:
TheJournal.ie 50 friends raise €32,000 during swim challenge for friend in coma
RTÉ Radio na Gaeltachta, Cormac ag cuid
Dublin South FM
Later on today, a personal account by Aodhán and Maria, Padraigs sister, on Pádraig’s condition and, above all, about the snámh, was shown on RTÉ TG4, Róisín, at 20h00.
Aodhán, Jen, Caoimhe and all of who help to organize the weekend, all who went on that bus on Saturday morning (when you should have been just about on your way back home), all who supported the weekend with their tweets, with their visits, in their thoughts, and in their prayers – thank you! We will do whatever is in our power to help and support Pádraig for whatever time its going to take, so that one day, he’ll be back, the Pádraig, Big P, Paddy, ‘Schaler’, that we all know and love so much. In the meantime, we’ll continue to shout his name until he hears us and wakes up!
Parking lots
The German word/phrase/verse of the day
Da muss doch wohl ein Ausweg sein, sagt der Trinker zu dem Dieb. Hier ist mir viel zu viel Verwirrung, mir fehlt der Überblick. Die da oben trinken meinen Wein, andere schaufeln schon mein Grab. Die haben gar kein Wertgefühl und brechen über uns den Stab.
Twitter: @forPadraig
http://www.caringforPadraig.org
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Gänsehautmäßig im doppelten Sinn.
Claudia
Waaaahnsinnn, nich?