Thurs 17 Mar

Today when I arrived at Hosp Lins was sitting  up in her chair she had been fed but was still waiting  for her bed to be changed and also to be washed. I have nothing but admiration for the NCA'S they are totally overworked. Lin told me that the physio people had been round and instead of using the hoist to get her out of bed the used a twisting platform she found this very difficult but it is another little step in the right direction.  in the afternoon a discharge nurse came to talk about the options available to Lins  when she leaves the ward. No 1 is to go to a place called the grove  which is mainly used to rehabilitate elderly people. They don't think this is particularly suitable for someone as young as Lins. There seems to be a huge hole in the rehab programme surely Lins is not the first 28 year old to have come through such trauma and still be too weak to do the most basic of tasks her herself,. I have asked if it is possible to let us have some equipment at home that will allow us to enable Lins to be in a familiar environment and also have the help that she needs. We are to have a meeting tomorrow with occupational and physio therapists to discuss the best way forward for Lindsey