Steve has had a busy week with the various treatments he his having. His walking is going well and the physios are having to help him less and less each time he gets up. He is experiencing pain in the tops of the back of his legs where some of the deepest burns are located.

The Burns Centre Staff are assisting him with coping with the pain. Its unfortunate that it is difficult for Steve to get rid of the pain in this area due to its location. The rest of his body where there is skin grafting is still healing well and his legs are more uncovered now. His left hand is still bandaged but appears to be healing well. He is starting to use his hands again and can operate the remote control now for his new television.

We learned yesterday that Steve also broke his left elbow during the incident on the 23/06. Due to him being sedated for a number of weeks the break has started to heal itself. Steve will have to have surgery in the future to fix the break properly. Yet another visit to the operating theatre!!!

Overall Steve's recovery is going well. He still has his up's and down's but that is understandable with everything that he has to go through. He raises a smile and a joke on his good days and has experienced the taste of his favourite tipple Guinness recently. He has said Guinness are going to have to step up production when he gets out of hospital.

We told Steve about the charity doo in Bolton last Friday night and what a fantastic time we had. He laughed at some of the stories we told him about what had happened on the night and he wanted me to say a big thank you to everyone who had arranged the doo and all those people who had turned up on the night to raise money.

So from Fire fighter Steve Morris

THANK YOU.