Saturday 17th February

Shirley is much better now - over the chest infection - and successfully getting around the house, even doing a little washing up!

We're using the first floor of the house mainly as our 'private area', so that Shirley can be available to visitors in the main lounge downstairs. Yesterday - the first day this week that she has been well enough to receive visitors - seven people came, and Shirley was exhausted. She slept most of the afternoon.

During the week we had to turn people away. I felt bad about this, but it was necessary. Even now she is so much better she gets tired.

It is wonderful that she is making such good progress though. Cards, flowers, baskets of fruit and mass offerings continue to arrive ...