Marilyn J Williams

I thought it was time for an update... many are asking us if we are back home yet. Short answer - no! I believe they are putting our kitchen back tomorrow, but not confirmed. We've had to wait a month for our new bench tops but should be ready to go. Meanwhile, we've also had to wait a month for the structural engineers report (the second one). It's back now. Apparently we have live borers in a couple of our bearers. This is not covered by insurance so I'm waiting to find out exactly what it means. Suncorp said they'll give me a completion date this week. Selwyn is doing really well. For the past 3 weeks I've been taking him out in the car. This is massive and has made such a diff...

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This evening I heard from Nicci, my support person from Suncorp. The news is not so good. There is more damage which will require us to be out of the home for at least another month... and I think that may be 'best case scenario!' We have to make a further decision about accommodation. We are booked in here until the 21st June... not sure after that. Yes it is quite devastating to be virtually going home and then get hit with this. It's going to involve another engineer and I think drawings. Ugh. But, although I have many questions, a lot of them already asked... we are not going to jump up and down and generally be difficult. We will take the higher road. Appreciate those who are...

As you know it's been anticipated we'll be going home this coming Friday. Are we??? We don't at this point in time know! The bathroom is finished - they've done a beautiful job... laundry etc all done.. except... The kitchen and butlers needs the new vinyl. But... As they were pulling it up guess what happened? Did you guess right? Mold!!! Devastating!! I believe tomorrow the Suncorp assessor will be taking a look so I won't know what's what until after that. I know. I know. It should have been sussed out before but it is what it is. Pray!

On Friday we had a beautiful day out. An angel friend gave me a gift to spend 'wherever needed"! So no-one else was home so we hired the Maxi Taxi to the surf club so we could walk the couple of km to the Mall. We did all that and had a most enjoyable day... but... Unfortunately, when the taxi lady was getting Selwyn out of the vehicle, she inadvertently put the lift to the ground, rather than up where it should have been. She didn't realise and pushed Selwyn backwards so he landed on his back on the ground!!!! It was a shocking situation. Fortunately Selwyn was totally unhurt. The headrest on the wheelchair worked overtime. Ofcourse thinking of what happened later in the day brough...

I was just about to tell you we have 2.2 weeks left to go...(2 weeks, 2 days)... but... Yes, they've added another couple of weeks so now we're back to 4.2 weeks!! I'm yet to learn if we can stay put or not. Although the house here is very nice/good, I feel like we're in a prison. Can only go for walks up and down our little street. Doors always open for visits - makes us both happy. 23 Gadsby St Stony Rise An O.T. is coming tomorrow to talk to us about an electric wheelchair, so we will see. Finding someone to supply an industry standard ramp for home is proving a problem... there has to be a way. All I know is that God's got this.

Ok, my appointment at the house went very well. The floor is down now, so walls to be plastered in this coming week, waterproofing, surveyor approval and then tiles... so it's all happening. I have nothing but praise for Suncorp and the building corporation. All the guys I deal with have been exceptional. We realised today that 1 week of our 5 weeks has already gone... where did that week go???

Decision made! I listened to the many comments you guys made and in the end decided you were right! We're staying put!! It's 19 metres from front door to back door in a straight line. I'm so happy to tell you that yesterday and today, Selwyn walked the whole way and back on a 2 wheeler walker with wheelchair following behind just in case. Praise the Lord indeed! He's come a long way since leaving hospital. He broke down in 'happy tears'!! I'll talk about our house in the next update as they've asked me to attend tomorrow to make sure I'm happy. Once again, I can't thank you all enough for your continued support.