Ms H is restricted
to a wheelchair but can get out of that chair with guidance to
another seat. Standing is impossible for any length of time. Her
trips in the van are primarily to get her to Elegant Touch
hairdressers on Quinpool Road.
Every trip is a
pleasure! When she is wheeled to the van and the steps are taken to
stand her up, she gently twists herself around, leans back into the
van and plops into the seat. She can lift herself with the handles
to look forward. I then buckle her up, put her wheelchair in the
back, and away we go.
Conversation is usually
about the weather or traffic or the fact that she is so happy “to
get out for awhile”. We arrive and in reverse order I get her
chair, open the door, help her stand then she twists and laughingly
plops into her chair to be wheeled into the salon.
Such an attitude is
refreshing when you think that her entire life is in a “seat” of
some kind. Her smile is fantastic and her company an inspiration.
Slightly before
Christmas in 2013 and only months after she arrived she took a fall,
was sent to hospital and never came back. I attended her memorial in
January of 2014 – a solemn occasion but a wonderful remembrance of
her life. I’ll miss Ms H.
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