A great deal of events have passed of late. Firstly, the positives… Alex continues to progress, slowly, but there is still progress and we are all so thankful for the support of everyone’s attempts to raise money which healps enormously in extra physio sessions and speech therapy. Alex’s speech is sometimes very clear, [...]
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5 PEAKS CHALLENGE. MAY 4TH 2013 This year sees me hitting the ripe old age of “50”! To celebrate you may have thought I would have a party? Relax, chill out, enjoy a bit of the high lifeJ? Luckily you know me better than that. As with previous years I’m setting myself up with a [...]
Alex has been coming home every weekend now since February. he stays Friday till Monday and loves every minute he is home. One of his carers commented that Alex with his family is ‘Ten times the Alex he is without them’. Alex continues to make progress, although it is slow. His memory seems to be [...]
Looking back over the past nearly 18 months, it is abundantly clear the progress Alex has made. Diet-Alex is now coping with a ‘soft’ diet and thickened fluids. In Speech Therapy the Therapist is extremely confident Alex has great potential, through the money raised by all, Alex receives extra Speech and Language Therapy twice a [...]
The Winter Wonderland ball was such a HUGE success! It was a truly magical evening, with Alex being helped to his feet to dance with his wife Tamsyn. An incredible £12,047.47 was raised!! The Making Waves for Alex team want to say a massive thank you to all involved, all sponsors, all donations, [...]
The Making Waves for Alex team, Pippa, Taruna, Tamsyn, Laura, Kate and Sophie, have been organising a Ball, held on the 9th February at Thame Football club. Please watch this space, there are some AMAZING prizes up for auction…keep your eyes fixed on this page for your chance to put in a bid on [...]
At the end of last week (January 15th) Tamsyn had some incredible news- Alex may finally stay at home every weekend! He will stay two nights and three days, making the distance between them far easier to manage with a welcome break commuting 2 hours a day to visit him every day for Tamsyn. [...]
Well the end of this year has seen the most amazing event yet, Alex was able to spend Christmas night in his own home with his wife and 4 thrilled kids! It was his first overnight stay and tamsyn is wife Tamsyn: “it could not have gone better, it was the most magical Christmas. Alex [...]
Alex has moved!!! To Chalfont Lodge, Amersham, a nursing home. It went well, the staff are really friendly and so far he seems really settled there. The kids and I spent most of the day and had dinner in the restaurant with him, so it was almost as though we had got to go out [...]
