Steve has been having further physio on his left elbow. He travelled to Alexandra Hospital this week and had the stitches removed from the elbow area. He does have more movement in his arm now but he will have to work hard over the coming months to increase the movement in his left elbow.

 

We spent an evening with Steve on Wednesday. He was ok in himself and he was talking about when he gets out of Hospital which we are all hoping is very soon now. He is keen to attend the boxing match in June but is mindful that he may be having further surgery on his left hand around that time. If he can be there he will be.

 

Steve has also been to the Burns Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital this week. This is the usual visit where the Burns Team check on Steve's skin grafts to make sure they are all still healing ok and the physio also assesses him to ensure that his limbs are all ok in the areas where the burn damage occurred.

 

Both Steve and his family know that once Steve gets home his recovery will go from strength to strength. He wants to be to manage himself more and being home will enable him to do this. This week I have been carrying out my Family Liaison duties and liasing with the one of the Care Team who will be providing home care fro Steve in the coming months. I am keen that the Fire Service through me are able to link in to the care package being set up for Steve. This can only add to Steve's overall support, and I am being allowed to be more hands on over the next few weeks with assistance to Steve and Pauline once he gets home. I must thank my Borough Commander and his Deputy for allowing me to do this.

 

On Wednesday night we took Steve a gift from the Fire Fighters of Salford Fire Station. This was from the All Stars match. When we gave Steve the gift he was taken aback and said he will thank the Salford Fire fighters personally in the future for their generosity but he wanted me to say how grateful he is to them now.

 

People tell me that they enjoy reading this blog and keeping up with how Steve is progressing and being able to feel for him when he is not feeling his best. Pauline, Steve fiancee has told me that the Ladies at the Liverpool branch of the company she works for read the blog all the time and the really nice comments they gave her about the blog. Thank you ladies and God bless you. One day soon I hope that our Steve will take over writing this blog. That will be another milestone for him to reach in the future and something else he is aiming for.

 

It has been almost 9 months now since Steve was admitted to Hospital. Hopefully fingers crossed his road to recovery is about to take its next step and see him coming home. We have the welcome home card ready.

 

Gary.