Hello and good morning all,

it's 7:38am, on a beautiful saturday morning in Izmir, Turkey. 1st of november (day91). So happy halloween to all of you out there, was it last night or this night again...hope the children had great fun...and of course yourselves, as parents and grandparents...

well I've been to my grandma yesterday for 1 hour...She was having her PT exercises...I met the PT, talked to him for a few mins, he's a great guy really, he does care about grandma, and had her exercise for 1.5 hours nearly although he's getting paid for 1hr...well, he showed me how grandma walks with her 3 short legged cane...and then she did walk on her own, it was amazing to see her like that, I'd taken a video but she walked...that effort, that laughter and smiling face on her face...oh my god, she is such a warrior and I'm so happy for her...I waited for the PT session to end, waved goodbye to the PT and congratulated my grandma and told her that I could not believe my eyes....and that she was a hell of a warrior, and that I'm so lucky to be a grandson of such a fighter...amazing...she was amazing...she walked 10m back, 10m front, quite slowly, took her time but she did it without the cane which I thought she hates...

She walks pretty properly with the cane, locks her right leg knee down (her right leg is the paralysed one), applies pressure from knee up, lift her left a little more quickly and takes a proper but fast step forward, then she locks her left leg, makes it stationary and then lift her right leg up from her waist, properly positions...and there you go...step by step...it was really amazing to see that...,she's learning fast...and I can't believe how the brain learns those movements.

She still can not talk but can make noises...but that's fine, that's a different matter. I havent asked the guy if he was a voice PT or not but probably after grandma learns to walk, she can start her voice PT with some other guy...

Then she hugged me, smelt me, kissed me while she was lying on her bed, had dinner on a tray on her bed, had her soup on her own via her left hand...and she was looking really alive and like nothing had happened 90 days ago...tomorrow,on the 2nd of Nov. it will be exactly 3 months (she had her stroke on 2nd Aug).

She then asked me if I wanted to go via her left hand? and I said it's friday, I'll meet friends, and she directly waved me to go...I believe as her brain is getting back to work, she realises how much time is spent with her, and she doesnt want us there anymore...she waved me to have dinner with her if I wished, and then when I said I was meeting friends, she waved as a "go, go, go"...then I kissed her, hugged her, and left.

What our brains, bodies can do...it's amazing...

I'd like to post these 2 small videos from BBC of UK, narrated by Stephen FRY.

"How can I be happy?"

"What should we think about death?"

If I can install the Turkish subtitles, I will make grandmother watch these 2 lovely made videos, animations in the near future.

Have a fab. weekend all,

and healthy & happy days to all.

Cheers,

Cagin from Izmir,Turkey