31st of October

2.00pm Wednesday morning. Jaana did not really finish all dinner yesterday, but had a full portion of salmon pasta, pain au chocolat, mango juice for breakfast. After this she headed down for her physio therapy. Later today she is getting her hand and feet done and should be feeling just fine afterwards. She had a a few teaspoons of coffee this morning and enjoyed the taste. One has to be very careful with her eating and mix all liquids with Thick'n'Easy. We can stop doing this in a month or so, but it is imperative that she does not get anything down her wind pipe. If that would happen she would need a huge and aggresive form of antibiotics which would not be good. All good until now!

30th of October

7.56am Tuesday morning. I will leave home shortly and head for the hospital after dropping the kids of at school. I will stop on the way and pick up some lunch for Jaana. Our trip back to Europe over Christmas is getting sorted out and for all of you in Sweden, you should be pleased to find out that Jaana will be at Humlegarden (Sigtuna) rehabilitation clinic from the 3rd until the 21st of December. We all believe this will be good for her and hope that some Swedish speech therapy will take effect. I will get back to you on more details of this later.

4.38pm Tuesday morning. Jaana is in a great spirit. She is smiling a lot (she knows she is coming home to her children soon) and eating and drinking superbly. As the cough is now 98% gone (it seems like quite a few here in Singapore have the same) she has less of a problem swallowing. Her balance is improving in snail phase, but still on the right track. As with a child who is just learning to crawl/stand/walk it takes it's time. If any guide from that, it would be fairly normal if it took 12 months for her to get her walking back to speed.

29th of October

1.34pm Monday afternoon. Today, Jaana is a wee bit more tired than yesterday, but she is doing her therapy sessions as planed. Again, eating and drinking ok, and will have some quiche for lunch. I hope to be able to run over with some pasta later. Yesterday she ran out of home cooked food, got some fish balls again, and one could see she was not enjoying that.
I will not be able to go to her until later this afternoon, since I have a stack of things to do. I will report back as soon as I have been there and get a chance to write.

6.58pm Monday evening. I caught Jaana just in time before they were going to give her more horror food. She enjoyed 2 cheeseburgers from McDonald's with an grin of a child having the same for the first time ever. It was nice to see. Camille came with me and served mum some mango juice (with Thick'n'Easy (too make it a bit less dangerous for her to swallow)).
Tomorrow it is back to pasta again.
She looked rather tired in the end. She has not been drinking so much today, again due to being a bit sleepy. I also ordered her wheelchair today. Standard stuff, but with a bit foam in the seat for comfort. It should take a week or so, and by then we will be all more than ready to welcome her home again.

28th of October

9.53am Sunday morning. Jaana had a good night sleep and has just finished breakfast. She is on track for another good drinking/eating session which will aid her coming home. Today, there will be only some light physio in her room so she should be able to get some rest as well. I will take the kids there in a short while, after which we all will head out for Sunday brunch. I will go back to the hospital later, but I think there will not be too much new to report today. I told her about how all is getting arranged for our move and what is happening around Christmas time and she is very excited about it with a big smile.

27th of October

8.30pm Saturday evening. A late report Saturday evening. Today Jaana has been drinking a lot. A total of 1300ml of water/juice and been eating a lot. Doctors are still happy with her progress and we are still on track for a 2 week return to home plan. Today's dinner was a deep-fried banana base , mango sautéed layer with bacon bits, fresh chilli padi, home cooked lobster with wasabi mayonnaise.

26th of October

6.31pm Friday evening. Again a late report. I find myself running around being busy and getting nothing done. That is not all true, but there is a s..t lot of things Jaana has been doing which I have not thought of (sorry all guys if I get you into trouble...). All stuff at home (paper work etc); Jaana has done all of it. I am getting organized, but it is not my strong point. Good thing she did such a good job before getting ill, since it is fairly easy to find.
Anyway, back to my dear wife. Today was a repeat of the last couple of days. In excellent mood, she finished a Quiche Lorraine, stole my doughnut, had some mango cheesecake and drank some mango/orange juice. The last couple of days she has had around 1000ml liquid which is just enough. Let's hope she keeps this up and she will certainly be home within 2-3 weeks.
Today I had a discussion about wheelchairs and other stuff which she needs. She is getting one made and it should be finished within a couple of weeks.
I wish you all a scary Halloween!

25th of October

12.47pm Thursday afternoon. This morning Jaana was in a good mood as well. Eating her scones and drinking her mango/orange juice. Yesterday she managed to drink 950ml of fluid which is fantastic. The doctors are still pleased of that they see this week. More later