Nick learns cars are not blankets

2 weeks post accident and 1 week post op and Nick continues to improve. Though it's not as rapid as he would like, everybody including all health professionals we've encountered seem amazed by the speed. We went to the doctor yesterday for a check up and refill on the meds, doc sent us to a&e for some more experienced people to check out his hand and wrist. All looks to be recovering as expected, and Nick is now on the list for a fracture clinic appointment, which is one thing we needed to do, done! Nick is still entirely insistent we're going to Paris next weekend so if anyone would like to help me persuade him this is an awful idea, your input is welcomed. We both actually slept through the night (bar a couple of toilet trips) for the first time in about a week which is a very welcome change from waking/being woken every hour and a half or so. My very special thanks to Morphine, Lorazepam, Codeine, Dihydrocodeine, and Diazepam (feel free to try to guess who was on ...

Sorry I haven't updated you in a few days, things got busy here. Sadly the 24/7 care I had planned for Nick had to be given by me, someone who needs large amounts of care themselves, because both my carers became too ill to work and we kind of forgot about the existence of other people. Luckily with the help of my parents and a visitor or two, we have arrived out the other side as intact as we were before, but with a lot of mess for my carers to fix when they were able to work! Nick continues to progress well, having taken 3 steps today unaided which is pretty incredible given his injuries. In fact, we discovered by reading his discharge summary fully that in addition to the complex fractures of his pelvis, he also has a fractured sacrum which was not mentioned to either of us, as far as we can remember, anyway. Delayed thanks to everyone who sent cards to the hospital, we received quite a few on the day he left so sending thank-yous got a little overshadowed by all the other adm...