Itchy Feet

 

Libby woke this morning and her feet were no longer swollen, she also said her ankle no longer hurt. We still gave her Nurofen and iced it but she let me do her stretches without complaining. We had a lovely call from Nanny Lee who had just returned from a few days in the ‘rainy’ Cotswolds. We didn’t have therapy until 2pm so we set off for the Zoo (for the third time and still haven’t seen it all) for a couple of hours. After sweating buckets we came home for a shower, lunch and a catch up with Nanny Sophie on MSN – picture and no sound again but we managed!!

Therapy went well, Libby tried the treadmill again but didn’t really get on with it, she did better walking in her frame, however, today we were pain free but the itching had returned – if it’s not one thing it’s another! Michael was very good and adapted the session to suit Libby’s comfort level and she did very well on the total gym and also her sit to stands. Dr Dobbs arrived and was pleased with Libby, we discussed the strain and how it had improved and also the itching, the conclusion was to put her back on the medication as it is quite severe! I asked Michael today if Libby was at the stage that was expected after the two surgeries and he said that although we are not doing the exercises planned at this stage, she is doing very well and as soon as she is able, he has no doubt that she will be able to do all that is expected, hopefully tomorrow we will be back on track for a full therapy session. The good news is Dr Dobbs said Libby can now swim, she is delighted and Ben actually cuddled her with delight. That should make life a little easier, although it’s lovely here, it’s incredibly hot and there’s not a huge amount of things to do.

We finished the afternoon at the cinema watching Toy Story 3 followed by a very nice meal, with well behaved children and Uncle Karl chilled!