AndyTravis

The 78 you have is really similar to mine - I had designs on a matching pair… Still playing the lottery just in case x

Very typical iris, takes a tumble - thumbs up.

While talking to Jen about the extra donations (she sends her love) - Iris climbed out of her adapted chair (she has one at home and one at school) and took it for a wander. this is quite the development. ignore the mess of the house and the state of us post work/school. this really is a big deal - she has a walker, but it’s so big and heavy - she hates it…

You’re brilliant, all of you. 😘 Update - head honcho OT came last night. It was much of a nothingness really. He measured Iris, the stairs, saw how Iris can get on a chair…then said “so, stairlifts” I said as politely as possible… Four and a half years ago, your (now retired) colleague did all of these measurements; you have full architectural drawings, 3d scans, a survey and all proposals that led to the mess we’ve found ourselves in. Your colleagues stated at the time, that to be fully independent, Iris needed a through floor lift, rather than the potentially risky stairlift. Your colleagues agreed, 54 months ago that Iris needed more independent living space as she grew older. You’ve measured our existing en-suite and declared that it is “too small” for a wet room. Please see the notes from the initial report which also states that it is not big enough for a wheelchair user to access independently… We could have sold up and moved house. But we were told we’d have support with an extension to allow for the recommendations your team made for Iris, within your tolerances (everything has to be done with an adult wheelchair user in mind). How long, in theory are we looking at… ”that’s difficult to say” Apparently, there is a case discussion regarding Iris and our property at the end of this month. We still cannot go ahead with anything until we know what they’re actually going to do - it’s mental. But, thank you one and all. You’re absolutely bloody fantastic.

You’re all mad hatters, honestly 😘😘😘

Good lord…that’s amazing, absolutely mental - but wow, just wonderful. 😘😘😘🫶🏻

This is the aim for her WCMX - I think it’s due to become “Olympic” at 2028, the LA promo handover actually included a few WCMX’ers just as the Chili’s played. We’ll see what the future holds for her sports wise as she’s still so young - she moans as we set off (she’s not big on effort…😏) but then complains when it’s time to leave. We’re in touch with a company who loans out sports equipment/wheelchairs - but they haven’t anything her size 🤦🏻‍♂️ And the Ripper is here - if anyone’s passing, nip in for a brew and bass sesh. Not sure I trust a courier for a round the country tour 😂 I will be at the Birmingham guitar show next year with @walshy so I will bring it along so we can have it in basschatters hands!

It’s been a magical experience this - I love you all, with all my heart x

Apparently it’ll be sent to us

Fuming… Iris’ video has been submitted for an online review… the bloody stream froze after we’d watched all the other entries flawlessly IMG_3612.mov you can hear what I think…