It is Friday morning. Carrie Pryor has just blown in all the way from New York, a great gust of energy, huge smiles, entering the Alpenrose at breakfast! Antony Martens is leaving this afternoon. He has been simply marvellous, and has been my ADC this week. Not only talking to the doctors and nurses up at Rankweil, but sitting with Paul for 4 hours an afternoon, reading to him, chatting away. He is also going to be Carrie's tour guide of Feldkirch before he leaves early this afternoon.
I have not been in a position to visit Paul for the past 2 days, fighting off a nasty upper respiratory infection, and trying to recover. Maddening, but there we are. I have been able to talk to the doctor in charge, who again, has been very kind, helpful and gracious. I am hoping that tomorrow I will feel better to visit.
How is Paul - stable, slow but steady progress. Again, I urge patience. This is all about time. He is being beautifully cared for in Rankweil.
Behind the scenes I have been co-ordinating the plans to repatriate Paul to London. This is complex, and I will not bore you with the details, other than to say, that I do believe that this will happen very soon. Of course there could always be medical complications that could delay this. It is one day at a time. Once this is in place, I will pop on a plane back to London.
Again, a huge thank you for the ongoing love, prayers, and incredible support that is flowing in from all over the world and in so many ways. The wonderful support that many of you are showing Charlotte and William is immeasurable, and just helps me share the load. Tom and Simon, Paul's two of Paul's top boys on the BSES expedition in 2003, in particular, are a guiding light for Will and I know are going to be there for when Charlotte returns on the 1st April.
I will post another update when I can. With fondest love and best wishes to you all. PENNY
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Take care of yourself, Penny and feel better soon. So glad that you have such loving friends to be with you and Paul. Thinking of you always and praying hard. Love, Susan
ReplyDeleteWe are thinking of you all, and hope to visit next week if you haven't managed to get Paul back to London by then. It will be typical of our organisational skills or lack of them if we fly to Austria to visit Paul and he has already gone. However, I pray for your sake that you have managed to bring him a long way nearer to home, family and friends. Keep up your amazing spirit, we prayed for you all yesterday during Mothering Sunday matins in St Swithuns, Compton Beauchamp, a little saxon church nestled under the Ridgeway close to the White Horse at Uffington. God Bless you all with love Philip and Joanna
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