Up The Farway Tree

I'm pleased to say that I am still feeling ok, and chest wise have been more stable over the past month than I have been all year. The last few days I have been a little more out of breath, but even if this is due to infection brewing, I am still delighted to have come this far without IV's. I will just see how things are over the next few days, as it may just settle down again, and if not, I'm sure I will have caught things early and in time for the festive season.

Speaking of the festive season, its nearly time to put up my Christmas tree and I can't wait. I have already bought and wrapped all my presents, which is clearly a sign that I have way too much time on my hands. To be fair, I am trying to be very organised just in case I happen to get 'that call'. You just never know. (Although to be honest, January would be more convenient when I have nothing else planned on my social calender ;-) )

My other good news is that I am getting a stair lift installed at home. I have been struggling with the stairs for most of this year and after a rather lengthy wait to be assessed, I finally got the go ahead to have one installed. It will take about a month to build, so hopefully by the new year I will be buzzing up and down the stairs to my hearts content. It will make such a difference to my quality of life, especially when I have a chest infection. The last couple of bad infections I've had were spent in hospital and I know if I had been at home there is no way I could manage the stairs, so hopefully this will make things easier in future. The only concern I have is keeping Seb from playing on it. I have no doubt he could learn to operate the system and would be away up the stairs before I know it. Unfortunately I think the rail will also obscure the bannister, where, when attention seeking, he likes to lie with his head poking through. I will leave you with some photos to illustrate...

Seb looks dejected and forlorn because no one is paying him any attention

Seb looks rather surprised when he is informed that his peep hole will shortly be obscured by a Stannah stair lift