Still on the Level!!

We are still on the level, two days now without the see-saw going up or down - and I like it!! It is much easier to cope if we are just gently rolling along without any extremes.
I went off to town this morning and whilst I was away Pete was very busy with his modelling - to the extent that he didn't hear me come in, so no cup of tea ready!! Bad! He had music playing and was very absorbed. Good!
Suzanne and Susie arrived for physio and, as usual had a good session with a couple of new exercises using the large gym ball. One was they rolled the ball to him and he had to kick it back with his left leg whilst standing unaided, they just had hands ready to catch him if he wobbled. Then he had to bounce the ball as hard as he could, again whilst standing unaided. This helps with weight transference and aids balance, he did really well on both, very very little wobbling. He also did the dreaded right foot sliding exercises and also ones lifting his right leg from the knee only, using hamstrings (I think) and not his thigh muscles, these are done whilst sitting up with legs outstretched on the bed. More toe wiggling which seems quite easy for him now although his big toe doesn't join in yet!! Step exercises in the kitchen which we now have to add to our routine.
We read some more of 'the book' and it seems he did suffer from the dreaded aphasia. We have just got started on how they dealt with it but I think he had intense speech therapy for quite a time. I am hoping it will describe some of what they did to overcome it. If anyone is interested, the book is called Falling and Laughing, the restoration of Edwyn Collins, written by Grace Maxwell. If you are in the same place as us you will read it avidly. We read at least 30 minutes a day, more if Pete can process it.
Back to town tomorrow to get Pete's prescription for his tablets - once a month we get them, it would be better if they dished out 2 or 3 months at a time, but apparently the Government changed the rules a few years ago, a month's supply at a time and that's your lot!!