Author: LT

Nothing my Mum likes more than a cup of tea and a view. Thinking of her this morning even if i couldn’t stay in Townsville for the actual day. Mum’s in hospital this morning with an infection after her operation on Friday. So not the happiest Mother’s Day. Like every holiday, this one can be…

Big news! I’ve been dying to share but now it’s finally confirmed. Mum is moving back to Brisbane and going into an amazing nursing home in Victoria Point. She’s finally having her kidney stones removed this week and then will be transferred by air ambulance to a local Brisbane hospital before being discharged to the…

Ask us, any of us, the question and we’ll all give the same answer. Mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, niece, nephew, grandchild. If you’re a member of the Ensor family, you only have one answer and it’s the same. For four generations. Where’s your favourite place? Through the years, the decades, the generations, we’ve…

It’s a beautiful, tropical morning here in Townsville. The sun is just rising, the birds are making a fuss and I can hear the sound of the house’s water feature behind me in the inviting pool. I’m sipping my necessary tea while I’m writing this and planning to go to the hospital soon. For most…

The surgery seems to have been a success: the blockage is cleared and Mum should be able to pass the stones normally now she has the stent in. She does still have kidney stones, though, and if they don’t pass normally in a few weeks then we will be looking at more invasive surgery then.…

It’s some semi-bad news that’s bringing this blog out of hiatus this morning. Mum has developed some quite bad kidney stones. The doctors have been considering their options on how to deal with them for the past week. Surgery was dangerous for Mum even before she had the stroke and now is an even bigger…

Hi everybody As you’ve noticed, the blog hasn’t been updated for the last couple of months. Unfortunately I have a back problem that flared up quite badly in October and is still limiting my ability to do computer work. I do have some great stuff to put up on the blog and will hopefully be able…

The local Kokoda pool in Mundingburra is set up so people in a wheelchair can go swimming. Or at least to immerse themselves in the water in a submersible wheelchair. Dad took Mum to Kokoda today and she absolutely loved the feeling of finally getting back into the water. She said this was the first…

Lovely birthday at the C Bar. May not have the best food (!) but definitely has a fantastic location, an amazing view of our Magnetic, and excellent wheelchair access.  

9 Months After the Stroke Look at me, look at me I want you to see The person that I used to be I could laugh and sing And play and dance At Magnetic with my darling Lance Look at me, look at me Ignore the chair I’ve painted my toenails and tinted my hair…