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Yesterday I went to have my wheelchair repaired and adjusted. Wow! Everytime I go to this place they have the coolest toys. If I had cash, I would buy some of the same gadgets these people have. From the latest in lifts to the latest in wheelchair technology passing by electronic beds and I dunno what else that's cool. This place has it all.

So I went there because they had to repair my foot rest, replace my tail lights (3ed time) and fix my tilting device. Once I got there they brought me to a room where I had to be transfered over from my chair to another one.

The lift

They got the V4 model. A beautiful lift that has a directional motor; it doesn't only bring you up or down, it can bring you left or right. Ever since I first used it, I've been in love with this device. I remember that when they were trying to lift me up, my seat belt was still on me so I told the person who was using the device that the lift was not going to work (the combine weight of the chair and me is 700pounds). He laugh and told me the V4 could lift about 850 pounds. 850! The machine I have at home, a V3, can lift 450. I was I M P R E S S E D. Santa was going to get a letter from me that year.

Wheelchair

The last time I was there they sat me in a normal wheelchair. After 30 minutes I was ready to fall. So this time I asked for a wheelchair with a tilting device or the electric bed. They had a wheelchair waiting for me. It was a smaller version of my chair and it had a tilting device. What a device. It could tilt up and down PLUS the back cushion could push itself in or out. It was a very satisfactory chair. It could also turn on a dime, my chair I have to adjust myself to be at a 90 degree angle with the door so that I don't brake the door frame. My doors are all screwy dewy because of this. Got to get me a chair too.

Electric bed

Another magical wonder of technology. If the chair that they had for me wouldn't have cut it, they have an electric bed that would have done the trick. Up/Down, tilt and I don't know what else.

These are machines I have dealt with so far but they have lots of gadgets to make their job and my stay a comfortable one.

But out of all the tools that I saw that day, the one that I have to say left me speechless was the bike bell. I saw a kid in a wheelchair that had added a bicycle bell to his wheelchair so that he could warn people about his coming. I have to yell at them to move out of the way and most of the time they can't hear me. It's amazing how such a small artifact can make a major difference.

So what do you think I'll get this year??