Bobbi Mitchell-Anyon is looking forward to seeing her husband - Wanganui artist Ross Mitchell-Anyon - return to his "gorgeous self" after his 12-metre fall on April 21.
Mrs Mitchell-Anyon has been at her husband's bedside at Wellington Hospital for the past month and told the Chronicle that he would now be moved to the acquired brain injury rehabilitation centre in Porirua.
"Ross is now at the 'emergent conscious' stage and he has been smiling at me today which always makes me feel good," she said.
"The rehabilitation will be a long road and they will gradually start to stimulate him into full consciousness - the process is estimated to take about nine months but I am confident he will make a full recovery.
"It is a wonderful facility and they have great expertise and a very high success rate."
Mrs Mitchell-Anyon has not returned to Wanganui since her husband was admitted to Wellington Hospital on April 22 but said she is bearing up well thanks to a close friend she is staying with.
"I am being very well cared for, too, and Ross' two sons who live in Wellington have been fantastic - and so have the rest of the family."
Mrs Mitchell-Anyon said she read newspapers and the cards Wanganui people have sent to her husband.
"The support from Wanganui people has been fantastic and so heartening to me. I really enjoy reading the messages to Ross and I look forward to the time when he can respond as well."