Further to my posting 3 weeks ago, after 5 months of being in his room at the nursing home, my brother finally made it into a wheelchair two days ago and has been to the residents sitting room.

I was very excited to hear today that he was taken outside into the fresh air this afternoon in a wheelchair for the very first time He hasn't been outside since becoming ill last August so this is a real step forward. The physiotherapy still hasn't arrived yet but I am hoping that it will do so before much longer.

His ability to hold a conversation appears to be improving and he's becoming more chatty, although he still occasionally forget names and also other words when in the middle of a sentence.

I pray that his improvement continues!