Onwards

And upwards for most, and a little bit onwards and then sidewards for J. I am looking forward to the day I read back on all this and it is a distant memory. We are trying very hard to be as normal as possible and do normal type stuff with J when he can and let him rest when he needs to. And not show how hard it is seeing him so wiped out and far away from his normal life. Everything we have been told and read suggests everything he is experiencing is completely normal and that it could take anything from 3months (about now) up to a year. And the younger you are the quicker that happens. I just feel for him how hard it is to live with this for any amount of time and I slightly can't bear that it could be another 3 months, let alone longer. But...deep breathe...people deal with much worse and for much longer and we will too. Ignore me letting off steam, better here than with J.

So what brought all that on...This morning we had a fabulous family outing to a local small enclosed square to walk Albi and let her off the lead for the first time. Hugely successful despite her being leapt on by a giant Labrador 8month old puppy. She survived and loved playing with all the different dogs there and kicking a ball about with J. So great fun and exercise and wiped them both out for the rest of the day. But progress for J to be out at all so a good outing.

Not sure what else has happened today but Anna and Carl have baked (again) and we have tackled many and varied admin and house type jobs that have been mounting up, we have eaten a splendid roast beef dinner and taken Albi out for a much smaller evening amble.

The image is from the morning work and as you can see there is much work to be done on the walk to heel training. But less so on the Anna hanging out with the dog training.

And now I am wiped and off to curl up with a book.

Lesley x