A loan powered wheelchair arrived today, while Dee waits for his own measured-up power chair. He immediately took it for a spin around the block... like literally the entire hospital block! Its an old chair so it doesn't have many functions and is pretty simple to use. He really enjoyed getting out in the fresh air... even in the rain... having a change of scenery! His phone was flat so he left it charging when he went out trail-blazing and who knows if the nurses would have even known where to find him if he had gotten into trouble!
When he hit his first dip, he thought he might be thrown completely out of the chair! He was thinking he would have to just lie there waiting for help! (This actually happened to one of the boys Dee met at Burwood Spinal when he was learning to use his chair). Dee experienced the small hill going up to the main entrance of the PN Hospital and felt wonderful just getting out and about! Freedom at last! So great that can get out into the sunshine and fresh air when he wants to again! The limitations of his arms being so weak has meant that since being back in Palmy for the past 3 weeks, he has not been able to even push himself down the smooth linoleum corridors within the hospital.
Photos to come!
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| Photo credit: msktc.org (This is not Dee) |
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