I visited Steve this evening (12/11) with the County Fire Officer Mr Dixon. When we arrived Steve was lay on his bed watching TV. We sat down and Mr Dixon, Steve and I then spent almost an hour talking about how Steve was doing, how his road to recovery progressing and general conversation. Steve said he was pleased that the CFO had been to see him, he had enjoyed the visit and he looked forward to more visits from the CFO in the future.

Steve has had his session of physio today and has been walking again around the burns centre with the aid of his frame and the help of the physios. Steve told Mr Dixon and me that today he had been in the bath properly for the first time and it felt great to have a soak in the hot tub. He is unfortunately still experiencing pain at the top rear of his legs around the skin grafting in these areas, but the bath took some of the pressure off these areas and let him relax without too much pain.

In the next few days the dressings will be removed from his left hand so the hand specialist can examine the area. Steve is waiting to see what the hand specialist says regarding what further work may be required to this hand in the immediate future.

It was great to see Steve in a good mood and I left him to settle down for the evening.