The Power Wheelchair
Today was a busy day for Aaron. Sam and I got to Magee a little before 10:00 this morning and Aaron had something going on from that time until around 6:00 this evening. No wonder he’s tired! He had his first “test drive” on his power wheelchair today. He navigates the wheelchair by tapping on his headrest (left or right or back) with his head and this sends a command to the chair to move. The hard part for Aaron was the sensitivity of the headset. You only need to tap it lightly and it reacts. The Physical Therapist had him riding through the halls and he’d get the chair going round in circles (not on purpose), which we all found to be quite humorus. It was great to see him laugh at himself. Of course, he was a bit disappointed when he was told he could not yet take the wheelchair because he needed a little more practice with it. It was very entertaining for him!!
Luke Songer stopped in to see Aaron today, which was a surprise. Thanks for your visit, Luke. Aaron also had another visitor, a former patient of Magee, who was in a severe accident and suffered a paralyzing injury about 5 years ago. He walked into Aaron’s room and shared his story with Aaron today, providing some helpful insight. That was very encouraging for Aaron.
Aaron was having a good bit of pain in his neck today (and no, I don’t mean me). True pain which his medication wasn’t helping. He tried to do the trach collar, but it’s difficult WITHOUT neck pain, so that didn’t go as well as we would have liked. But Aaron’s going to go back at it tomorrow, as long as the pain eases up.
So, stay tuned for the next update! And in the mean time, please continue to pray and/or send good thoughts Aaron’s way! Thanks!