Wheelchair Woes

We have waited over a year to get Jay's new wheelchair. He ordered it in Candy Red, and he was so excited that it was finally coming this afternoon.

Of course, after all the lost records and Medicaid stalling, the new wheelchair is BLUE, not Candy Red, and it is missing the bus clamps and the knee pad to keep his legs in alignment. I'm saying send it back and get it right. Jay wants to keep this one, even though it's not his favorite color red.

So I'm staying out of it. I'll let my husband make that decision. I don't want to be the one Jay complains to that he wishes he had gotten the red chair.

Wheelchairs and Such

We've had our share of wheelchairs over the years. But wheelchairs that are no longer being used take up too much space in a home with this many kids and no basement and no garage. So we've always donated the unused ones to groups that give them away to needy folks.

We have two foldable ones here, though, but neither one of them has tires on them. Ross, who spent the month of December in the hospital and recuperating from his e coli infection and kidney failure, still isn't back to his old self. He lost so much of his strength through that illness. He is back up and walking with his crutches, but he can't walk for long distances. Thus our need for another functioning wheelchair.

He really wanted to go back to school today after visiting the wound care office at the hospital. (He got a sore on his foot that blistered up during the infection and it hasn't been healing, so he went today to have the thing debrided -YUCK)

The high school is mammoth sized. There is a ton of distance walking every day just to get from for instance the classroom to the cafeteria. No way Ross could make that trip, especially with his foot still healing. So luckily my husband was able to get a prescription from the doctor for a medicaid wheelchair rental and picked it up after the appointment.

The image above is for the TankChair. Ross and Jay would love that.