Catch Up

Ok, so I haven't written on the blog for a fair few months now.
Here is an update:

I had my appointment with Granger (postponed due to his son's very poor health :( ) and got the halo REMOVED!!! I thought it was gonna be pretty gory but it was fine.. only a little bit of blood came from the pin sites where the screws knocked the scabs - my brain didn't come oozing out if the holes tho, so that's a bonus!
I had expected my head to feel really light-weight after it finally being free to move and extend for the first time in 2 months but it felt like a flippin' bowling ball! If Granger hadn't put the collar on, i think my head would've hit the ground! Its amazing how quickly your muscles deteriorate when you aren't using them.
So I got home, ELATED and invited my friends over to play in the snow!! Pretty amazing.. snowball fights and sledging literally minutes after I had the halo removed :)

Things were good and the scars (which I had been really worried about) are fine. Just a subtle reminder of my experience. I did my exams and at the end of the year my AS level results were AAABB. Got myself a boyfriend and then only 5 months after I was free from the collar, I went the Ladakh in India where I spent a month trekking in the Himalayas.

Im pretty proud of myself for all that I have achieved and I'm only just 18. Just goes to show - anything is possible if you put your mind to it (as long as you are also incredibly lucky and don't destroy your nervous system in the process of breaking your neck!)

Thanks for reading.

Millie x