13th of September, 2009

6.28am Sunday morning. As many of you already know, we arrived back in Barbados safe and sound. We had a good trip without any complications and Jaana has now started her therapy again. Her therapists noted the fact that her strength was of no problem and was even a lot better than before, but she needs to practise the techniques of walking a bit more. This includes moving your weights properly, moving your hips and controling balance etc. Yesterday she took two steps completely on her own walking up the stairs holding on to the railing. I might be too optimistic (certainly more than doctors and therapists), but I think she will walk with some aid again within 6-12 months or so. To do this she will need to focus a lot on what they teach her, but she certinaly has all attributes to succeed.
Kids are back to school and were happy to see their friends again. Ludwigs class had a lot of turn over though so he had many new faces in his class. Camille and Jonathan were more lucky and many of their friends were still there.
Parmi and Anna are still in Indonesia and will remain there until beginning of October. Jaanas mother is down here for another week help me out and I do have some more assistance cleaning etc.