Adventures in mobility
Yesterday Cam took a half day from work to go with me to the Independent Living Centre for an appointment to look at electric wheelchairs. They were really helpful, and helped me pick out the kind of chair I'd buy if I was to buy one right now (A Maverick 10) combining small turning circle and general indoor friendliness with a large midwheel drive that would hopefully be sturdy enough to get past most external suburban obstacles.
But! I am not buying one right away. So today I went through the list they gave me of local rental places until I found one renting a vaguely similar model, settling on River Rentals. I could have shopped around more, but I was running out of lolly-banana-supplied ringing-people spoons. They're going to deliver it today, huzzah, which is good, since my ramp rental (from the ILC) runs out in a week. They said it should be ok to extend it, but the ramp is heavy and too big to comfortably fit our path so I'm hoping to find something smaller and lighter.
The ILC also suggested I look into an occupational therapist. I have no idea where I would find such a thing, but I've added it to my list of medical professionals to ask for input from when I have the time and energy. Hopefully having more mobility will make actually seeing these people a little easier...
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But! I am not buying one right away. So today I went through the list they gave me of local rental places until I found one renting a vaguely similar model, settling on River Rentals. I could have shopped around more, but I was running out of lolly-banana-supplied ringing-people spoons. They're going to deliver it today, huzzah, which is good, since my ramp rental (from the ILC) runs out in a week. They said it should be ok to extend it, but the ramp is heavy and too big to comfortably fit our path so I'm hoping to find something smaller and lighter.
The ILC also suggested I look into an occupational therapist. I have no idea where I would find such a thing, but I've added it to my list of medical professionals to ask for input from when I have the time and energy. Hopefully having more mobility will make actually seeing these people a little easier...
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