Team Elizabeth: Message Eighty Three

We have just got in from a meal at Mithaas, an Indian vegetarian restaurant near to Elizabeth's new address at Barclay House. My Mother is staying with us. Joanna has just returned from a short beak in Bedford with Auntie Ruth. Elizabeth has had two nights at her new address, and is feeling a little more settled.

Wednesday's move went well, but it was also very emotional, as the comments you recorded on the last message rightly anticipated. The end of Hospital life has been an opportunity for all of us to release some pent-up emotion. Elizabeth was sad to leave the wonderful staff at Ward 2, but we have found that Barclay House has another set of welcoming and committed carers and therapists. To begin with, it was strange for Elizabeth to experience the luxury of her own room, but she is adjusting to the new freedom, which includes going out later in the evening, and living a more normal life.

Elizabeth's Psychologist, R, and Psychology Assistant, N, are up for the challenge to help Elizabeth prepare to return to university. Today she also met her new Speech Therapist who travels down from Derby each Friday to work with Barclay House. Elizabeth thinks she will be her Therapist's new project.

Address: Barclay House, 165 Barclay St, Leicester LE3 0JE Phone: 0116 255 3039