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Woke at 3.30 again. But feel ok.
Not allowed normal drinks again, gotta have everything thickened.
Thickened water’s not the best…
But a smoothie is fine. For those outside London, that’s a posh name for a yoghurt without a peel off silver top that you lick.
And it’s more expensive.
Not sure what I’ve got on today but do know this is the calm before the storm.
Got a few books, thanks to Irinder even got Netflix on my ipad!
Never been one for TV, but never spent long periods in bed before either.
Currently on the end of a nebuliser to open my lungs a bit. Should help.
Any TV recommendations?
Dani and the girls go away to Portugal on Friday for a week, so I’ll miss them like anything, but they’re gonna come back for my birthday, by which time I should be sitting up (?).
My mate. Dr Tom came in yday and commented that I wasn’t anywhere near as emaciated as I could be ( looking ok, I think that means )

Am trying to post pics but can’t seem to do that. Anybody got any any stupid pics of me, stick em up and make me laugh.

Lots of love.

Busy day.
Visitors from 8.30 til 4, then 6 til 11. .
It’s so touching but tiring.
Thanks to Andy for sorting out my ipad and Scott andIrinder for getting me on Skype.
I’m bristling with comm’s technology that I can barely use!

My chest continues to leak secretions, but it’s a better color and density I hear.
Hope to go out tomo morrow but not sure.

Great to see Ina, dan, tom, Charlie, Lisa, irinder, Andy, kate, Pia,and Dani
Everyday is better than the last, recently, so that’s pretty good

Isn’t it.

The teeny waiting room of the ICU department of the London Bridge hospital has turned into Piccadilly Circus since Russ’s return.

Each day I email Russ ‘tomorrow’s visiting list’ which is compiled of about 2 or 3 sensibly spaced visitors all of whom are very compliant and mark their allocated space in the calender.  At the end of each day I get to hear of all those that dropped by in passing……10 so far today alone! 🙂

Ha ha – Russ is clearly the most popular patient at London Bridge Hospital!

I know he is very grateful for your time and efforts as is Dani.  Dani is away for a few days as of Friday and will be hoping that the steady stream of visitors continues to fill the time when she would normally reside (3-7pm).

Thanks to you all. xxx

The details of the crash will forever be known only by the motorcyclists…
What I can tell you is that I was going does hill fast- about 40mpj- and they were probabably coming up at the same sleep so a whack at 80mph (fast when just wearing Lycra)
My bike stayed on the bend and so did I, so it was as though I just shot straight UP and came down again, landing on on COMPLETELY obliterated helmet
That must have ‘folded’ me and broke me ?
I hear trat first on the scene were Dickon and Q who had resist my pleading for an hour to be turned from face  down.
They tried to distract me with anecdotes, no doubt Dickon nice clean music industry Catherine Jenkins type stuff and Q talk of beer and strippers   Life in a wheelchair was never mentioned, the I was saying I couldn’t feel my legs.
A van came with a strtcher, followed soon by tha ambulance heli which whisked me away to Toulon Military Hospital.
I think Roy spent mont it that ‘early’ time with me, as a bloody good mate and French speaker.  

It would seem I have surrounded myself with men and women of rich and varied talent.

Frankly, looking at them , you’d never know 🙂

Think you need to resister agooglmail email address to write something…?

Lots of visitors gently waking me today, but I’ve been in the chair ( ribs hurt too much for more than 20mins, had physio, seen food therapist , but can’t talk cos ‘ speaking valve’ back in’  app was raising my co2 too much 🙁
Charlit came from. Hong Kong to see me. That guy’s a legend.

Gonna see lots of my work ppl tomo, should be a step closer to normality..,

Hey Mr Dawkins.Arti here, all the way from Singapore! Been trying to write on yr blog for weeks…with no luck. Haven’t stopped thinking about u. So glad ur slowly but surely improving by the day. Just found ur number, hope this is still u.xx

When things start happening in the wold of ‘rehab’ , they really kick off.
After a very slow start to the day, I’ve (literally) been hoisted into a kind of wheelchair, and left in it for 35 mins to see how if cope (very well in fact, tho with limited neck strength leading to a Bombay head wobble), I’ve had a new tracheotomy fitted (under  general anaesth) with a valve that means I can speak, and I’ve had leg physio where I’ve had to visualise doing stuff – like trying to kick the lady physio in the boobies.
I’ve had Toby Strauss and Dickon Stainer, Lisa Collins and Chris Benforrs ( who optimistically brought wine, Dani and my girls have been and I’m expecting Billy and Olivia later.
I now sound like an extra from the new Dr Who, and who knows, maybe look like one.
I’ve had a lovely message from my canoe pal, Roxanne (with whom I won the DW mixed division a few yrs ago, and defied my nil by mouth status by eating a mini bar of white White and Black chocolate. Ooh there’s rebellious I am…. I just couldn’t take it any more!

All this on 3 hours sleep, so abs shattered now.

Wanna thank you all for your ongoing support through this, it makes it much easier.

I know it’s hard to leave a comment on the site, but if you like email it to me on rdawkins2@sky.com and I’ll post it for you from this end. After all I’ve got F all to do other than visualise kicking my physio in the tits

Xx