Hello Gentlemen and Gentlewomen,
Rehab is continuing to progress very quickly, and still with no setbacks! I did recently have to go under general anaesthetic to get three bladder stones lasered. And soon I will have my kidney stone shattered by sound waves conducted through water, but no biggie, plus I'm pretty hard.

On the 28th of Sept Dad arrived just in time to head off to Trimble to see my second cousin, Gary Chisholm at work. He showed us all the gadgets behind the scenes for his GPS engineering, which was all very interesting. I can't say anymore or Gary will have to slaughter me. Unfortunately Dad didnt have any time to see my sister Sal, with her arriving the day after he left.

It was really great to finally see Sally, as she couldnt get time off her architecture job in Melbourne. We decided not to clutter her short three day visit with outings, so we just watched movies and hung out. I look forward to seeing her for our first Christmas home as a family since 2006.

I've been very busy with trialling equipment. I have trialled and picked my mattress, bed controls, hoist and sling, and more recently my power chair. I am currently trialling a manual wheelchair, which helped me set a new record of 3.08mins for 250 mtrs, and which is faster than walking (3.45mins). Last Tuesday I had my first swim. It felt extremely weird at the start but then was alot of fun and relaxing. Yesterday my uni friends Cass and Ross accompanied me to the movies to watch 'The Taking of Pelham 123'. And today Sally's best friend Lyns and her new fiancee Scott had a quick visit, it was great to see them.

This afternoon I'm extremely excited to purchase my very own iphone and I should have my old number which I'll confirm next week.

I'm Rove McMannis, say hi to your Mum for me.