Another long day in Dublin, trying to squeeze two days into one. My head is still turning and I am trying to get it sorted at least a little bit. It’s probably too late today to expect a more clarity. But I think I made some progress on An Saol. I talked to three different ‘parties’ and all were really really supportive. Follow ups in three weeks time, or so. We’ll keep the momentum going.

Twitter was alive with news about the Song. Check out this Facebook site! It’s really incredible!!!

There have also been some significant news about Pádraig: he is moving his tongue to the left, and to the right, when asked. And – when Pat saw some blue stuff in his mouth, she thought it was some kind of medicine. Turned out that it was a die that the speech therapist had used to check whether Pádraig is swallowing correctly, or whether some of the saliva is going down his windpipe. She checked it over two days – and found absolutely no die going down his windpipe. Subsequently, he will be able to use the speech valve twice a day, a few hours in the morning and a few hours in the afternoon. Absolutely fabulous news, and another step towards getting rid of the tracheostomy.

Have to go and rise with the sun tomorrow morning:)