My wheelchair and some of the accessories have arrived. We are going on vacation soon, and the wheelchair will allow me to enjoy theme parks, the aquarium, big museums, and more.
If you are wondering why I need a wheelchair, it is because I needed surgery on my right ankle several years ago, and the surgery went wrong, and I received poor post op care. That all added up to me being on IV antibiotics for a bone infection for 6 weeks, and ending up with an ankle that doesn’t allow me to walk very far and gives me a hard time on stairs.
I lost the ability to go on walks like I used to love to do. I used to adore sprinting too. Losing the ability to take walks made me sad for a long time, and it also contributed to weight gain strongly. I used to walk miles every day. After the nightmare with the bad operation, I had trouble making it from one end of a store to the other.
A wheelchair really wasn’t a thought, though, until the last time my husband and I flew together. We had to traverse a large airport and I ended up stuck in the middle of it, unable to go any farther and fighting back tears because my ankle was killing me and I’d lost my full range of motion. Luckily he was able to find a nice staff member who got us a wheelchair for me to use. He pushed me the rest of the way. I felt bad about it but I needed the help. After that, we began seriously discussing purchasing a wheelchair to use in situations like that. And now that we’re looking at a vacation to a theme park, it seemed like a good time to buy one.
My husband very sweetly ordered cool stuff to go with it, like a cupholder for our drinks, and storage pouches for phones and cameras. I look forward to seeing it all put together.
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