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[quote=Anonymous]DS was in a wheelchair for 3 months. Lifting gets old very fast plus cast adds a lot of weight plus you want them to exert themselves (no other exercise)  so, look for a ground floor bedroom, consider renting a hospital bed to bed a right height for her to scoot herself in by self,, lay down a ramp so she can wheel herself. We used his kudsized beach chair in bathtub with the handheld for bathing.

We rented kid sized wheelchair. Much easier to get into car.

We bought games like the balls attached to paddles, baloons tied to wheelchair, fidgets, wiki sticks, puzzles and out in a sack attached to wheelchair. I posted a thread on activities in elementary school forum. A lot of good ideas.

There were some unexpected challenges. Like he could not wheel himself and buy lunch at cafeteria so we had to start packing him lunch. Like he did not enjoy recess anymore and I'd try to get to recess to play catch with him. But kids are very resilient and the time goes fasTer than you'd expect....[/quote]

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