A couple of weeks has gone by from my last blog update and Steve has been involved in some very positive activities both with his own personal recovery and being part of a fantastic evening at the Tower FM Radio Awards held at the Pennine suit, Last drop village.

Steve's left arm is extending more now which is a good sign. The arm has extended to a point where now the skin around this area may have to be cut and re sown to allow the arm to move more. Steve sees this as a necessary part of this area getting better and the more the arm extends the nearer the operations on his left hand will come. He will soon visit the podiatrist again to have a re-assessment of his walking with the opportunity to have his right ankle foot and leg properly assessed via a computer programme. This hopefully will allow more development in these parts of his body. Both his surgical team and his own GP has recommended this type of investigation and assessment to take Steve forward with his recovery.

On the 16th October Steve was invited by the local Bolton Radio Station Tower FM to attend their awards ceremony at the Last Drop Village in Bolton. The awards are to celebrate local peoples achievements and work in their communities. Steve was asked to present the Hero's Hero award on the night and it was this award along with the local Hero award which Steve won last year but was in Hospital so could not collect these awards himself. Instead his Watch ( Green Watch Bolton Central) went on the night and accepted these awards for him. According to good information they all had a great time.

The awards are a very posh affair with ladies in gowns and Gents in DJ's. Pauline Sharon and I were very pleased to be asked to accompany Steve and be part of this special evening. The Tower FM people were very nice and we sat at the table with a number of Tower radio presenters and production managers. During the course of the evening people came and spoke to Steve and said some very nice things to him. It was great for the 3 of us who was with him to see that level of concern and how nice and thoughtful people can be. Special Thanks must go to Sophie and Emma from Tower FM. They were brilliant with us on the night and looked after Steve both before and when he went onto the stage to present the award.

Steve was really pleased to able to present the award and saw it has a great honour. When it came the time to present the Hero's Hero award at the end of the awards night Steve was introduced before he stood up to get on Stage by Emma Wasden a presenter at Tower FM. Emma spoke about Steve and they played the intro from last years award which introduced Steve as the winner of the Hero's Hero award for 2008. When this finished Steve stood up to go on stage. The room exploded into raptures of applause for him and then everyone in the room stood applauding Steve while he made his way onto the Stage. This once again was a fantastic sight to see and brought tears to the eyes of Pauline and Sharon. We know as a family where Steve had come from and the dark days which he had been through and to see him looking smart in his Fire Service Uniform making his way onto the stage was emotional. Once on stage Emma was great with Steve. Emma spoke to him and mentioned how modest he was about everything. Steve told Emma how honoured he was to present the award to whoever was going to be awarded with it. Emma went on then to announce the winner who was Marjorie Simms. A very deserving winner. Marjorie came up onto the stage and Steve presented her with the glass ware which this very heroic lady kindly accepted. Lots of pictures were taken and Steve spoke to Marjorie about how deserving she was to win the award. Following the awards we all said our thank you's and good byes.

Steve still gets tired and being involved in such an exciting and dynamic evening wore him out. He also knows I dance like a Dad and didn't want me to cause any injuries on the dance floor. On the way out of the venue Steve was again spoken to by many people who offered words of support. He was interviewed on the night by Sophie from Tower and we listened to it afterwards on the Tower FM Radio show. It was a fantastic night and once again thank you to all at Tower FM for the invite.

Gary