Friday night. Laundry in the bag, bed prepared for next week and home ... or did we?
A quick visit from the doctor...
Ella-Marie looks forward to Friday every time. After the last
blog, I'm still not sure if it's for us or Belgian fries day or
pizza day. But it doesn't matter! A happy Ella-Marie is the goal
anyway.
Every week the same actions: hugs to Ella-Marie, coordination with
the guidance, making the bed for the following week, some cleaning
up and then we are ready to leave. Heist-op-den-Berg, here we come!
Until suddenly an attendant walks up to us, phone in hand, because
another doctor wants to talk to us.
Still a bit uncertain, because a doctor who "wants to talk quickly" usually doesn't come to ask what sauce we want on our fries.
Less than two minutes later, Dr. Moens is standing in front of us. The lady is a monument in Pulderbos. With years of experience, she knows perfectly how to guide patients in the best possible way. We feel that a mutual respect is also palpable. She is also one of the people who is on "Team Ella-Marie" and follows up on parent contacts. So we wonder what specifically should be reported.
My child, beautiful child :-)
There are some longer waiting times for rehabilitation in Pulderbos and local TV station ATV wants to make a report about this. The question came up whether Ella-Marie would like to show her rehabilitation skills in front of the camera.
Of course, dear reader, we understand the question. Have you ever seen such a pretty young girl working so hard? :-) Our child, clean child right? But all kidding aside ... the gazes of mom and dad crossed for a moment anyway. We deliberately choose a blog to keep our closest friends and family (i.e. you) informed. But a TV appearance does make it a little or somewhat more public.
After being together for 20 years, words are not often needed. And especially after Dr. Moens put us on notice that everything would be followed up by counseling. On the one hand to check how Ella-Marie came into the picture, but on the other hand to make sure it didn't become too exhausting for her.
After some paperwork, you know ... GDPR and the like, it was decided to do a TV shoot on Wednesday.
Positive tension
We informed Ella-Marie right away. That way we could sound out whether she was up for it and if so, we could also prepare her a bit. But that preparation was not necessary at all!
Apparently the youth is ready for TV. Maybe it's because of the TikTok-Instagram-YouTube generation itself, but she REALLY liked the news. It couldn't be Wednesday soon enough.
And then it was on
We haven't mentioned them by name many times, but Ella-Marie is in a TOP living group. Bert, Ine, Ivan, Linda, Lisse, Naomi, Nathalie, Sam and everyone from the night shift do EVERYTHING to give Ella-Marie a good time. So they were also immediately ready to prepare Ella-Marie on and off for "the big performance".
Together with Aika, the physiotherapist on duty, Ella-Marie was filmed for an hour. The result shows her in the robot suit, practicing to take small steps on a stepladder. Happiness splashes off the screen and pride is evident.
Legend has it that Ella-Marie's dazzling big smile enchanted the people in the living room and made them feel just a little bit happier than before.
And now you too can check to see if the same is true for you! Be sure to let us know! :-)
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