Been to visit my mum today. Unfortunately it’s a 130 mile round trip – it’s at times like this that I wish we lived closer! Anyway despite the initial shock of seeing her strapped to the bed in a full neck brace Dad and I were pleased to find her in relatively good spirits. She’s not allowed to move her head at all and we’re still waiting to hear if she needs to have an operation – there are 3 fractured vertebrae in her back and 1 (the most seriously damaged) in her neck. She also has a fractured sternum and lots of deep bruising. It appears that it will be a long recovery period but considering she fell 2 storeys it could have been a lot worse. My mum is a real fighter and I know that she’ll have the right mindset to get back on her feet as soon as she’s able. Thanks again for all of your good wishes x

Thank you so much for all the good wishes for my mum. She’s in hospital and from the initial x-rays it appears that she has 3 fractured vertebrae in her kneck. We’re waiting on results of further scans. The good news is that she regained conciousness quickly and is alert, talking and can move all of her limbs. Considering she fell around 12 ft that’s pretty good going. I’ll write more when we have more details. Thanks again for all the good wishes – I’ll be passing them on to her.

I’ve just had a call from my brother to say that my mum has had a serious accident and has been rushed into hospital. She fell from the attic through the stairwell and landed on her back near the bottom of the stairs. I’m sick with worry as we don’t yet know how badly injured she is. I’ll be away from the blog for a day or so while I go down to visit tomorrow. Please keep your collective fingers crossed for my wonderful mum and bear with me as I won’t be replying to emails for a short while.