12/03/2026
M A R C H 1 2 t h
A year ago today, life as I knew it was most rudely interrupted. After 5 days of horrific back pain, I woke with no feeling in my lower body and legs. We promptly headed to A&E where an MRI showed I had an abscess wrapped around my spinal cord. I was rushed to the RVH for emergency surgery, spent a week in ICU followed by 6weeks on the spinal ward there, and was then moved to Musgrave Park Hospital for 10 weeks of rehabilitation care.
A year on, I am SO much better but my life has been changed forever. There is much I could write about this, but today I simply want to share some highlights of the past year with you. So here we go!
1. Me thinking I was going to be in hospital for a few days 😂
2. Safely through surgery and in ICU
3. Visits from my boys 🥰
4. Evening skies from my bedside
5. The hospital sweet and sour chicken - felt like my birthday when it was on the menu!
6. A wall of emotional support ❤️
7. in Musgrave Park
8. Day release trips with .j.b_1
9. Art in the garden with
10. All the books, tea and buns possible
11. Getting out to see and in Belfast
12. Celebrating getting home with my discipleship group 🥂🙏
13. Finally getting to St John’s Point with
14. Having my camera back in my hands 📷
15. Glitter bowler hats and jazz hands with at 🤗
16. Visitng family in Somerset 🍁
17. Christmas trees galore in
18. A family engagement 💍
19. The annual Strictly final with my peeps
20. Being able to walk down to the Giant’s Causeway and clamber over just a couple of stones!
There are so many ways I could look at this past year, but the good stuff honestly does outweigh the bad, and I am very grateful to be where I am right now ❤️
