At one point everything about our life was handicap accessible. Well since that time Jori has learned to walk mainly by herself and see climbs stairs fine so after we moved we didn't bother to make changes. With age comes the need to be way more mobile. Instead of being in one building at school she is now on a campus with many buildings. A few months ago her physical therapist talked me into seeing if we could get a motorized chair for Jori. I was at first not happy. Too see her back in anything that is a wheelchair feels like a huge step backwards. Her therapist assured me it was for endurance not mobility. Amazingly quick she was approved and the chair was in. It's been sitting at the school for a couple month now and after much discussion we decided to go ahead and bring it home for the summer. This created a new problem. Our house isn't handicap accessible anymore! Thankfully my redneck husband was in charge of bring it home. He drove his van and trailer to the school and after making me drive it out of the school he made a makeshift ramp out of the plywood he had on his trailer. He decided it looked like fun so he drove it off the trailer once home. Unfortunately he decided it was alot of fun and started driving it around. LOL
Finally got him back into the yard after he tested speed and into the backyard.
We decided that we didn't want it in the house. Way to tempting for the kids to play with it and I can just see the boys ramming stuff with it. So we decided to store it in the man cave. Unfortantly we don't have a ramp in sight. Not one for the house or man cave and this chair is heavy! Finally my sweet hubby says I'll just get the stuff and make a quick one. An hour and $30 later we have a portable ramp!
Gotta say I have a talented husband. Now we're looking into making my minivan handicap accessible so we can transport the chair around. Hopefully we'll get this before we go to the zoo or Six Flags.
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