21st July 2011: Final blog

I think i will make this my final blog. Not many people reading or responding these days and it takes up time.

Simon is well. We have many challenges with his disabilities that place great strains on us, but we are strong together.

It looks like he will be dismissed from UniSa very soon. That is a depressing thing for Simon because he always intended to get back to work, but two years is too soon after such a devastating injury, and the University were unable to provide any guarantee of access to their buildings. We still have not received the personal items that were in his office before he became ill. Personally, I now think that UniSa are poor employers and I don't much care that they hear me say it (I am also employed by them for Phd supervision). I won't work for them again, and will never recommend that anybody should. Enough said.

I would love to be able to tell you that Simon is walking, talking, writing and working. He does a bit of all of those things at about 15% (walking)-60% (talking). It would be nice if people who knew him and worked with him would keep in touch. It does help.

So I sign off now. Thanks to those who supported us all this time.

Our love, Marian, Simon, and Skippy xx

4th July 2011: Nearly two years

Hi everyone,

On 6th July it will be the second anniversary of Simon's devastating stroke. He is alive and, although very disabled, he is quite well, and I feel so proud of him for this incredible achievement. I hope that you will join me in congratulating him and wishing him well. Simon would be pleased to hear from you. He can read and respond to email and has a gmail address that you can guess.

I am so busy that I cannot find time to visit this blog too often but will try to do so once each month.

Much love,

Marian