I went to see Steve yesterday evening and spent some time with him. It was just me with him so it was good to have some quality one on one time. We talked about how well he was doing and I told him that he must keep positive and not think about tomorrow but where he will be and how much better he will be 6 months and more in the future. Steve told me he was definitely going to give his running machine some stick when he gets out of hospital.

Steve told me he had seen his right hand and now knew the extent of the damage. We spoke of the concerns he has regarding what the future holds for him and we had a good heart to heart about the subject.. hopefully I have convinced him he is going to lead a normal happy life.
We went onto speak about family things and we had a laugh together. Steve spoke about the fire service and what roles he could do once he got back to work. He's still on his chocolate minstrels diet and I had to administer half a packet to him while I was there without being allowed to have one myself!!

Before I left Steve at the end of visiting time I told him to keep doing what he's doing so well with at the moment and that is being positive about his own recovery. Its not an easy task for Steve with what he is going through but he will succeed.

Steve is now undergoing regular physio sessions and the work the surgical team have carried out is being constantly monitored to ensure everything is ok.