Hello everyone,
I haven’t posted in ages, I’m so sorry! I’ve been really busy with school and my Grandad hasn’t been very well in hospital for the past six weeks therefore I haven’t had any spare time to post. I hope you are all well and are easing back into the new academic year, I realise we’re already half way through the first term but it’s been very full on for me! ;)
First of all, I just wanted to let you guys know that we’ve hit 7,000 pageviews! This is huge and shows that people are reading and sharing my blog which is such a nice thought. The more people this blog reaches, the more awareness will be spread about Cerebral Palsy. I’m stunned about how far this blog has grown over the past year or so, it’s truly incredible and it wouldn’t have happened without each and every one of you: my readers. I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. Let’s just keep this going, if you know anyone who might benefit from reading my blog, please just share the link! Obviously, I’ll have to do my bit too, which will, definitely, be to post more often about various different topics: as I always say, if you do have any suggestions/requests please don’t hesitate to contact me! I’d love to hear your ideas. I think that is a plan: together we can continue to help this blog grow and thrive to ultimately acheive worldwide awareness for Cerebral Palsy.
On the subject of awareness, on Friday 6th October it was Worldwide Cerebral Palsy Day and I cannot thank my friends and school for all the support! It was truly incredible and touching, by the end of the day half the school and most of the teachers were wearing handmade badges with the green awareness ribbon on them (special thanks goes out to everyone in 10AOK for making these and handing them out to anyone they saw!). Everyone in my class had green ribbon tied around their ponytails as well. The best bit though was if anyone asked why we were wearing green, my classmates would happily explain and by doing this, further awareness was being spread! We also did a special assembly on the following Monday, focusing on what CP is and how you can help people with the condition. Honestly, it was so nice to see everyone getting involved as there are 17 million people across the globe living with Cerebral Palsy and not everyone gets the adequate care or assistance they need to be able to reach their full potential. Thank you to everyone who helped spread awareness, you’ve made a difference!
Something really exciting happened a couple of weeks ago, something I had been looking forward to for months. On Saturday 14th October, it was the CP Teens UK annual charity Ball! It was such a lovely night, I cannot believe I have to wait nearly a year for the next one! I met so many incredible people and learned an awful lot too, one thing being that if I had plucked up the courage to wear heels I would have been in agony by the second hour so thankfully for me, I went for slightly more sensible footwear, some navy blue fringed ankle boots! I had so much fun and would go back to that beautiful night in a heartbeat! If you would like to see the photos from the evening, please visit the CP Teens UK Facebook Page :)
In other news, I’m finally having a physio appointment next Wednesday which hopefully will be great as I am in great need of one. Some how I’ve managed to injure my left hip and it’s been agony when walking and standing for about a week now so I’ll be very grateful to be able to get some advice! It’s nearly the end of half term, I go back to school on Monday. This half term, I haven’t really done much apart from sleep, recover, sleep, recover and more sleep! But to be honest, I think that’s what my body needed: a break from the 11 hour school days to just do nothing but relax. I’m looking forward to going back but I’m also slightly worried about how tired I’m going to be getting and whether my body can cope with that but I love the school to pieces so will do anything to make it work. I’ll keep you updated. Seizure update: I’m very stable at the moment which is good but I still suffer from side effects of the AEDs, drowsiness being the main one which is awfully annoying! But I guess I just have to pace myself and see how I go.
Thank you very much for reading and if you haven’t already, please can I ask you to join my mailing list so you’ll receive an email every time I post, which let’s be honest isn’t that often so I like to think of it as a gentle reminder ;) you can join by entering your email address into the box below ‘Follow by email!’ at the top of this page to your right! :)
Thanks again,
Evie :) x
