10th of December

5.07pm Monday afternoon. First post from Treetops. The transition went better than good! Jaana was fantastic when moving over. Me and friend of ours took each one of her arms around our necks and then she walked in the stairs going down. She made it 75% down and then we put her in the wheelchair for the last bit. It was very good. She noticed she was able to do it, and it boosted her moral a bit i think I will try to redo this on flat ground. She put one foot in front of the other (balance a bit off) and held most of her own weight. Right now she is her bed waiting for the speech therapist to come around. She is in a very good mood right now. She realize everything is happening and we are on the move; while she has the time to relax and get better. I am very positive of her attitude right now. Way to go Jaana!
7.13pm Monday evening. Just one last entry to say that Jaana is very much active in her training right now. When ever she is awake she is lifting her leg, moving her foot and such. Her arms she does not really enjoy moving all that much yet, but it will come around soon. the speech therapist was her and did some mouth massage and trying to exercise the stomach muscles to be able to get more air in her lungs. This is imperative, since she right now only have around 300-500 ml when breething out. One would need around 1250ml or so to be able to make good sound, I have been told.

9th of December

10.22am Sunday morning. Jaana is finishing off her breakfast and is ready for some exercise. Nothing new to report at this point, other than this will be the last post from Chatsworth Road. Tomorrow at 9am, the movers are invading and stacking, packing, racking. Around 10ish I will bring over Jaana to Treetops.
Peter, love your posts! Funny as always!
Well, this is my checking out for today, since we need to finish up the last things.

8th of December

8.55pm Saturday evening. Lately Jaana has been doing very well eating, drinking, sleeping and exercising. She decisively node and shake her head, and eagerly listens in to any conversation. There is some shaking in her left hand (which is a bit weaker than the right), which is related to the stroke. This can, I have been told, will with time disappear as the brain will learn how to control the muscles better.
The blogs are getting filled less and less with new information, but this is natural since her progress is steady but slow. With hindsight, one could really see that this mycoplasma put her back quite a few months in her recovery. With this being out of the way (we must carefully look out if it comes back), the road is clear for more rehabilitation.
As you know from before, Jaans will be in Sweden around the 5th of the 25th of January. Should she make very good progress and would be willing to stay for a few more weeks, this will be very possible.
Tomorrow is the last day for us all in our house in Singapore. It feels a bit strange. We will all move to Tree tops serviced apartments on Monday. On the night between the 20th and the 21st we will fly to Zurich and then straight to Nice.

7th of December

8.09am Friday morning. I am writing a bit early without too much new to contribute, but will most likely do not have time later. Jaana is doing fine with more small movements every day. She is still quite well without any new infections, so rehabilitation is in full swing.

6th of December

4.57pm Thursday afternoon. Sorry for the short break in the blogging. Things are getting a bit more busy day by day over here, with the move closing in. We are all moving out of here when the backing is starting on Monday the 10th of December. Our temporary home for 10 days will be Treetops Serviced Apartments on Orange Grove Road here in Singapore.
Getting back to you about Jaana's condition, I can only confirm slow but steady progress. She can now nod slightly and shake her head decisively. The coordination seem else to come from bottom to top. Her right side is stronger than her left, but she can still move all parts of her body. She has been doing quite a bit of execises, now that she is healthy.
Staying healthy is of very high importance. That is why I have from time to time restricted visitors and limit the length of visits. However though, I fully understand everyones desire to say goodbye, and there will be plenty of time for that.

I will be loosing our Internet connection and telephone here at Chatsworth Road from Monday. Hence there might be a slight delay in updates, but I will do my best.

3rd of December

9.19pm Monday evening. Jaana's day was filled with physio and speech therapy. I got to learn a few more fact what muscles can stiffen up and contract when not used for a while. Some speech problems can be related to her tongue and jaw muscles. The therapist gently did some exercises and 'pulled' her tongue out and she managed a lot better. We will get some tools for her to bit on to practice the jaw as well. Right now if you ask her to close it, she does so with a bang, and needs to control this a bit better.

2nd of December

8.26am Sunday morning. Jaana slept like a log all night, woke up this morning around 8ish and is now having breakfast. Yesterday, Jari (Jaana's brother) made some exercises with her after dinner, and I think it will be more of the same today. She is now free from most infections/viruses with no fever, thus this is a great time to make physical improvements. She is now hold her head all the time, strong leg movements and improving arm coordination. I will let her stand up for some time today as well to work on the sensation of standing a bit more. Everything else if going to plan.