Kua tae mai nei!!

E nga rangatira huri noa i te motu whaanui o Aotearoa me te Waipounamu,
Atu ki tawahi - tena no koutou katoa!!

I arrived in Ham-town late last night at around 8pm - Raniera and Thomas were at the airport to greet me.

We went straight to the hospital, upstairs to the ICU where Dad is - Hollei, Matauria, Stacy & Hindy were in the waiting room to greet me - so nice to be with the whanau!!

I took some time with them before being ushered into the unit. It was not what i expected to find

Dad looks good
His hair is as white as snow!
He seems to be glowing!
But he is swollen all over, with tubes hanging out of his mouth
His breathing appears to be laboured - but it is the first time i have seen him

We then had our meeting with the Doctor who brought us up to date with Dad's progress - and yes there is progress, slow, steady - but none the less - it is progress

However, the medical staff are not that positive because of the time since surgery - they are not hopeful

BUT the whanau are hopeful - young Thomas is quite an amazing young man - you should see him in action with the Staff - in fact the entire whanau are Hakopa to the bone - NOT SHY IN COMING FORWARD!!

So, little by little - progress is being made

Thomas informed me this morning that his Koro had a good night, in fact koro reached across and grabbed his hand and squeezed it!!

Good to be surrounded by whanau

Hei kona
Hauiti