Mobility
While Robb is really only able to walk for short distances, we have resisted using the wheelchair that he was provided. This is mostly because this chair is so darn bulky and heavy. It is difficult for me to haul around, and Rob doesn't find using it saves any energy (he's moving himself and a heavy, heavy chair).
Our insurance company has offered to buy Robb a wheelchair (we have the current chair on lease), and so we have begun the process of shopping for a chair that might allow us to regain our active, outdoor lifestyle.
We're going to set up meetings with local vendors and do some test drives.
There are quite a variety of all terrain wheelchairs on the market.
None of them are cheap.
And some would make us the center of attention wherever we went.
Like this beast, which is clearly way, way, way more than we would ever need. And it certainly doesn't seem a very gentle way to "walk" on the unpaved ground. Seems like it would tear up the earth, even if it can climb stairs.
There's actually a lot more to discuss, but I've got a cold, and no energy. More later....
Our insurance company has offered to buy Robb a wheelchair (we have the current chair on lease), and so we have begun the process of shopping for a chair that might allow us to regain our active, outdoor lifestyle.
We're going to set up meetings with local vendors and do some test drives.
There are quite a variety of all terrain wheelchairs on the market.
None of them are cheap.
And some would make us the center of attention wherever we went.
Like this beast, which is clearly way, way, way more than we would ever need. And it certainly doesn't seem a very gentle way to "walk" on the unpaved ground. Seems like it would tear up the earth, even if it can climb stairs.
There's actually a lot more to discuss, but I've got a cold, and no energy. More later....
Comments
So much more is available now! Go for the MAX!
Bandaid
The Cottontails
I say get a chair that comes with a rocket attachment so Robb can blast off into the atmosphere like James Bond and snatch small chidren off the beach at the merest sign of a shark attack!
Perhaps Robb will agree to just stay continually laced up to roller skates, and hook him up to a hanglider from your 3rd floor apartment, this way he can zoom all over the place and land back inside the window when the wind is right.
Hey, these things are known to happen!
Think good thoughts-
Annalisa and Gary