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arry s battalion s war diary images of asiago 2008 jono wood s overview of the italian campaign maps of the italian campaign readers comments the world tour buy kindle from amazon co uk link to the very first posts first posts private harry lamin helpful hints from 1st march 1918 the leap year in 2008 takes the synchronicity of the days and dates away decision i will publish letters a day in advance so that the days of the week coincide rather than the date new readers please note that the entries on each page are in reverse order oldest at the bottom it doesn t work quite like a book to make sense of the whole blog take the link to the first posts work from the bottom entry upwards and then take the newer posts link at the bottom of each page for the next installment good luck comments most welcome bl radio broadcasts about harry s blog radio 4 june 2007 radio 4 broadcasting house five live pods blogs june 2007 five live drivetime june 2007 bbc the world june 2007 bbc the world 21st february 2008 television reports on harry s blog nbc news article u s a cbc canadian television bbc local news east midlands ard germany blog archive 2014 1 october 1 sad news 2013 4 october 1 august 1 march 1 january 1 2012 6 september 1 june 2 march 2 january 1 2011 7 december 1 august 2 may 4 2010 27 december 2 november 3 october 3 september 2 august 1 july 1 june 1 may 1 april 2 march 3 february 3 january 5 2009 54 december 5 november 2 october 4 september 5 august 6 july 2 june 5 may 5 april 7 march 4 february 1 january 8 2008 69 december 4 november 7 october 3 september 4 july 11 june 5 may 4 april 6 march 9 february 6 january 10 2007 57 december 5 november 7 october 8 september 8 august 8 july 8 june 5 may 4 april 1 february 3 2006 5 october 2 september 1 august 1 july 1 enter your search terms submit search form link to the first post new readers start here tungsten wedding rings spectacles from the usa sad news on saturday evening i received a call from the local hospital to say that my father bill lamin passed away peacefully in his sleep he fought a long battle with a brain tumour and the after effects of the treatment for the last three and a half years and eventually suffered a sudden bout of pneumonia yesterday after recovering from a similar attack the previous week we are grateful that his suffering is finally at an end posted by pte harry lamin at 8 57 am 8 comments 22nd october time flies i write this for the last time at my dad s lovely little cottage in west cornwall it has been a tough slog but dad has finally found a home that he likes and so will no longer be returning here my half term began on friday and since then i have been restoring and emptying this home ready for tenants to move in although i have begun on a sombre tone i d like to say that things with dad are much more settled then they have been for a long time he is happy and while he is not making massive progress he is at least comfortable and in pleasant surroundings he is in a home where he can see and hear the ocean and he is well looked after he has his big screen tv his desktop computer and his electric wheelchair as well as 24 hour care and support he doesn t feel lonely anymore having said that he d still be more than happy to receive visitors so if you are going to be in cornwall please feel free to drop me an email for his address and pop in for a visit as things stand i will close this chapter of my dad s blog as it is expected by both the doctors carers and by us his family that dad will not make any massive progress but hopefully he will not get significantly worse either of course i will let you know if there is anything significant to report however since august he has simply moved from hospital to home and become settled i very much look forward to knowing that he is safe and that i won t need to spend 10 hours a month travelling down to check on him i have been furiously packing and have rediscovered all of my dad s writing notes from the book along with a vast portion of family history from his mother s side i have decided that i am going to make harry s sister kate part of my history teaching in my school since i share her name i would like to spend a lesson with my year 5 9 10year old class asking them the question who was catherine lamin starting with the sampler which hung in my childhood home and confused a much younger version of myself since it was made by someone with my name but who was clearly not me i think it would be a good way to understand women in the victorian era although of course catherine was born nearer the end of victoria s reign nevertheless there are a large selection of artefacts including photographs of her father of her and of the rest of the lamin family i hope i can help the children in my class to really understand what life was like 120 years ago using my family as an example anyway thank you again for all of your support over the last two years and hopefully from here on in you can all assume that no news is good news catherine ps i apologise to about 5 or 6 people who replied to the previous post i somehow pressed delete instead of post to the comments and can t seem to recover them please forgive me i am very tired posted by pte harry lamin at 9 38 pm 14 comments 15th august time passes as it is wont to do and things change sometimes for the good and sometimes not dad has asked me to post again because he has not updated you with his progress for a number of months the main reason for this is that there has been very little progress in his eyes his speech is still very slow and slurred and while it is possible to understand him if you are sat with him trying to talk on the phone is a nightmare of frustration for both parties his dominant right hand is still incredibly weak and unable to grip and his balance is still very poor that said he has been making some progress his balance has definitely improved as well as his confidence he has recently been fairly confident in moving from armchair to electric wheelchair two weeks ago dad was back in hospital diagnosed with another urine infection after some initial assessments they sent him back for an mri scan and since the infection had left him feeling weak dad was convinced he was going to be told the tumour was back however this afternoon the doctors fed back that they couldn t see any sign of it form the scan although we have to wait 2 weeks until it s been checked properly the hospital have made the decision with dad s consent to keep him in at least for the next week or so in order to do some physiotherapy to try and get him confident standing and transferring between chairs again one thing that has really been demonstrated this week is that if dad doesn t feel confident he cannot make any progress and so feeling like the tumour was coming back has set his progress back by weeks he s back in the small local hospital and they have asked that both a speech therapist and a neurologist come in to assess dad to see if there is anything else that can be done to stabilise him he has also been very lucky that one of his friends has been looking at potential new homes for him since a two floor three bedroom former miners cottage is a lovely home but it s just not wheelchair friendly graham and his wife have filled in 18 page forms in order to put dad forward for special homes designed for people in dad s situation and are now waiting to see what the assess dad s need as the system works not on first come first serve but rather on highest need and they are hoping that dad qualifies as high need finally when dad went back into hospital he had to make the decision to let his cat kitty go she is now 11 years old and needs a lot of attention and dad just can t give it to her also no matter how many times she was treated she seemed to constantly get fleas which was ideal for dad kitty has very kindly been re homed and is enjoying her new abode i hear rumours of a chaise lounge in a conservatory perfect for cat napping on brighter news dad has a second grandchild now felicity was born on 25th june and both her and her mum are very happy her elder sister ellie is enjoying her new role and things are looking good for them i have just returned from a wonderful 3 weeks in california and vegas and during this time i was grateful that my younger brother pete picked up the slack and helped out a lot down here while he was on his university summer break and working every hour he could at a local holiday park he has been a great help and it was reassuring while i was away to know that someone was down here to support dad he has also been very lucky that his cleaner emma has been doing more than her fair share of helping including visiting him in hospital every other day and collecting his washing i cannot thank her enough she is truly the kindest person i ve ever met well that s it for this visit to cornwall it can be very exhausting when you take into account the 6 hour drive each way so 5 days is definitely my limit when i come down alone hopefully next update i ll be able to give you so more good news catherine posted by pte harry lamin at 7 18 pm 3 comments 26th march changes after my last positive post a lot of things have changed firstly after christmas my dad had to ask maureen to leave as she had spent about 2 out of 5 weeks at home and while we all appreciated that she wanted to spend christmas with her family she hadn t arranged any alternative support for dad so he was mostly alone for 3 weeks over the christmas period and he began to feel that she wasn t earning her keep while she seemed like a lovely person i agree that she didn t seem to understand that the free room board food and petrol came with some responsibilities unfortunately maureen s departure coincided with sarah deciding that enough was enough and she needed to take a step back this meant that maureen departing left dad completely alone but fortunately this meant that social services finally got involved despite her insistence that she was done i have to say sarah has still been a massive help particularly in what unfolded next on my visit to cornwall at the end of january dad and i discussed the possibility of him going into a care home for a month of respite care and we visited a luxury nursing home an hour from where he lived while we were there they discussed him having physio every day with their in house therapist and hydrotherapy in the pool dad and i were both sold on the idea and we arranged him to head over on 1st march unfortunately things were not quite as rosey as we were expecting and it turned out that the physio was only 4 days a week use of the pool would require hiring men to help him into the pool and dad felt that the care level was significantly lower then what he was receiving at home which was only 4 times a day for 915 per week plus extra for physio dad was not happy and he demanded that he come home this would have been easier were it not for the fact that i was 300 miles away and undergoing a school inspection and so barely had time to sleep let alone deal with dad fortunately between sarah and a couple of his friends they were able to arrange him coming home after 10 days but that has meant that he is only getting 3 care visits a day as the carers had rescheduled things assuming dad would be away for a month on the bright side of this dad has now begun to get himself ready for bed and i think an element of forced independence has been good for him i m heading down again on friday and will have to sort out his cat and lots of other bits and bobs that were meant to be sorted on his return home but i hope to be able to report an increased level of independence as dad is adamant he is walking better on a brighter note i have just started booking a 3 week holiday in california for my 30th so i hope i will get the opportunity to meet some of you while i am out there thank you again for all of your support catherine posted by pte harry lamin at 10 07 am 5 comments 18th january they tried to make me go to rehab just a little update to warm the winter months at the end of october my niece bill s granddaughter turned 3 to mark the occasion a small party was held however ellie s birthday also marked the moving of lucy her husband to lincoln meaning that all of bill s 3 children have now left cornwall this has been a hard adjustment for us all leaving dad helpless far away luckily help was found in the form of maureen who had caring experience and was looking to move to cornwall to be nearer her grandchildren she has now moved into pete s former room and while she hasn t taken on the caring burden she has made herself available to take bill to appointments cook a few meals now then and just be there in case of any emergencies or accidents in early november i was lucky enough to attend a visit with bill s neurological physiotherapist although it d previously been suggested that there wasn t much that could be done i was surprised to be told enthusiastically about the progress dad was making it seems that on his initial visits lying on a side and rolling to his back was a near impossible task and now he could do that with ease he had also managed to learn to stand unaided and was working on simple training requiring him to stand up pick up a rubber ring from a vertical post and transfer it to a horizontal post the therapist explained that he had been unable to do any of these things when he first started in august that he was making huge if slow progress the next steps were to be able to stand unaided and twist to the left or right without losing balance i d like to say here and now that becky at helston physiotherapy practice deserves a huge amount of thanks for her patience and hard work it seems she really is a miracle worker bill has been using an ancient exercise bike to pedal at home he sits in his armchair and extends his feet as this will help with co ordination and muscle mass we bought him a small version with just pedals but he found it unhelpful since it had a much smaller turning circle and tended to slip away from his feet i was due to head down to cornwall today for my first visit of the new year however due to snowy conditions in london and along the whole route home i ve been told to stay in london and go down next weekend instead needless to say i m curled up with a nice glass of red wine as we speak i hope to be able to update again after that but dad certainly feels more confident and in fact he has been trying to start using his laptop again and was able to read some of the lovely comments you have all been leaving he was really happy and grateful for all the support hopefully before too long we can get him sending short emails and surfing the net so his day isn t filled with awful cookery shows and daytime tv i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas new year catherine posted by pte harry lamin at 6 32 pm 15 comments older posts home 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