22nd of August

3.54pm Thursday afternoon. Jaana has been a bit fed up this week with training. She asked for a day off, and had her last day for the week today. She is making some slow and steady progress, but she does not see it and thinks it goes too slow. There are some tears here and there at time, but unfortunately, the only thing that helps in the long run is steady training. She is now standing around 8min on her own.
The kids summer break is soon coming to an end, but there are still some fun time to be had. Ludde and I went on a 110 foot dive the other day, Totte has been playing golf and Camille had one more week of horse riding.
We all have some very close Italian friends over this week and we are all enjoying their company.

13th of August

7.12pm Wednesday evening. Jaana is chipping away every day with her triathlon of therapy. I am admiring her for putting in a great effort day after day. Some days are obviously better than others, and the last two has been very good. She broke her standing record on her own (having the possibility to hold on to two bars) yesterday, logging 8min and 20 secs. Her posture is getting a lot better and she is sitting for an extended period of time between therapy sessions as well. Speech wise, there has been some limited improvements, but you can not get everything at once. Jaana is still in a great spirit and we joke a lot, resulting in many big 'Jaana smiles'.
Next week we have very close friends coming over, which will be nice for all us, not least the children. The summer is passing very fast, and even though we have not traveled, we all have enjoyed it very much. Weather has been fantastic (though a bit hot from time to time) for being in the middle of hurricane season.

2nd of August

7.04am Saturday morning. Not too much to report, other than that Jaana broke another record standing on her own leaning against the well exercise. 7min and 30sec. Her strength and balance is improving noticeably. Her initiation is showing some progress, specially when she is not tired. We had some friends over for a week, who had not seen Jaana since when she had the mycoplasma and was in her worst state. They were very impressed with her abilities and progress.
The children has been playing with their friends last week and today, surfs up. Camille is at a friends for a sleep over. I will leave for Europe and will be back within a week. Camille will have one more riding camp before the summer is over and Ludde and I will do some more diving.