Steve is continuing with his day to day recovery and he his working hard on his physio sessions and during his visits to Wythenshawe Hospital. He has now had the final operation on his left elbow and is currently waiting for the date when the metal frame which is attached through into his bone can be removed and he can then start to use his arm again. This will hopefully lead to the opportunity in some months time for the Hand Specialist to start to work on his hands. This will involve more surgery but will in the long term benefit Steve. He is continuing to wear his pressure garments and his grafts are still healing well on his upper and lower body. Pauline and Steve are hoping to have a return visit to Jubilee House Therapy Centre in the next few months which will be very beneficial to both of them as it was at their last visit.

Last week Steve and I spent an afternoon with Amir Khan and his Team at Amir's Gym. Amir and Asif who is Amir's manager very kindly invited Steve to come to the gym to watch Amir prepare for his World title fight on the 18/7/09. The visit was arranged by Steve's friend and fellow Fire fighter Alex Sugden who was also there with Steve to watch Amir train. Steve had a fantastic afternoon and we got some personal time with Amir and we also got to meet the legendary Freddie Roach Amir's trainer. Steve is still talking about the visit now and how much he enjoyed it and how much of a privilege it was to meet Amir, Freddie and Asif.

Unfortunately Steve positive attitude to all that is well in his life at the moment took a knock this last week when he heard of the tragic death of a Scottish Fire fighter and the injury to his Breathing Apparatus partner. Steve like every other Fire fighter received this news with tremendous sadness for the two fire fighters and their families and friends. Steve spoke of the Fire Service family and how he knows that the Fire fighters in Scotland and Country wide will come together to support all those who will need a great deal of support over the coming months and years. We as a family will be sending our personal condolences up to Scotland and our brother Fire fighters in Scotland, their families and friends are very much in our thoughts.