Pádraig didn’t show any big reaction when I went back to see him today, after almost a week of work-related travel. I had really missed him, the time with him, so different from all the ‘worries’ of my ordinary life. We spend a few hours together this morning, me doing most of the talking. Telling him about what I had been doing for the past week, thinking after a while that listening to this must be soooo boring, so I stopped. In a way, not saying much, just being together, was what I had missed.

He was sitting in his ‘new’ (2nd hand) Danish wheelchair which, apparently, still does not fit him. Someone had put a neck support and the helmet on, and his head was supported on both sides so it couldn’t fall. Safe, I suppose, but very warm and sweaty. His nurse came in and brought some Nutela and orange juice. Together, we gave him a fast of both which he enjoyed. He also tolerated the speech valve very well today. Three hours wheelchair, two hours speech valve. Something  he would not have bee able for some weeks ago. In the afternoon, Pat came in and tried to get him to move his hands and feet, asking him to move each left and right hands and feet – which he did quite well. He even maintained his hand fully open when moving it.

Just found some great lyrics from one of Pádraig’s favourite songs:

And I know it’s hard when you’re falling down
And it’s a long way up when you hit the ground
Get up now, get up, get up now.

I guess that’s what it is all about.

Today’s German Music Tip
Christina Stürmer, Millionen Lichter (2013) – wie Du und ich…
What’s hot
Getting up
What’s cold
Falling down
The German word/phrase/verse of the day
Baustoffrecycling – a thoroughly mixed up word on a truck I saw today…