Mon 17th Apr 2017 Easter Monday - Last sleep at Monash Medical Centre

A note for Elise from a loving nurse

Today Stuart took Elise back to hospital after dinner - for her last sleep at the Monash Medical Centre. The new Monash Children's hospital is 100m away.

The nurses and doctor's have abundantly (but nicely) hinted they would prefer Elise not to be there on Tuesday night - too much chaos with porter's etc moving everything to look after patients. So the plan is to come home for Tuesday night then return in the morning to the new hospital.

Elise is very excited, different walls to look at for her last weeks of rehab. Hopefully, she will be home permanently in early June.

Today we visited Braeside park, beautiful native bushland. For those who haven't been there - it's like being away in the bush, with no building in site and the only reminder of city life is the planes that sometimes fly over from Moorabbin airport. Very wheelchair friendly, so that was helpful. A lovely picnic with Grandma Shirley and walk through the bushland.

Below is a video link of Elise talking about her impending move (wearing her new merino wool t-shirt made by Abi Burgess).
https://goo.gl/photos/pjGFcjc96LuAgNwV7