Difficult day

We had an appointment with the consultant today. It was a difficult meeting for John, the consultant said a significant area of John's temporal lobe had been damaged and it would take a long time to get better and may not get back to where he was. We also spoke to the stroke unit speech therapist but she said it would be six weeks before John would be able to see a speech therapist and be properly asessed. She gave us some sheets to be working on a home. John says he can't afford to think negatively he has to concentrate on getting better. He came home and has been on the exercise bike, the balancing board and had me doing some of the speech therapy exercises, he is currently reading a ladybird book on Willain Tell.

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