while I was in rehab they didn't have any way for a quad to hit the call button, so my occupational therapist found a cowbell, attached it to a string and hung it from the ceiling. I could hit the bell and the nurses/caretakers could hear it from several rooms away.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Steve Crowder <[email protected]>wrote: > Sometimes I have problems at night and I desperately need to get a > roommate to come into my room, and nobody answers my wireless intercom, > their cell phone or the house phone, and I'm left to deal with it on my own. > Does anybody know of a good, loud buzzer or anything I might be able to use > to raise the dead?? I've actually had to call 911, who doesn't understand > that I am spasming because I need to be rolled. So they washed their hands > of me, and have made it clear that I either let them take me to the > emergency room next time or pay for them to come out.. My roommate insists > that he is just too heavy a sleeper. I'm out of options. What is out there > that may help me? Better roommates? > > Thanks, Nick > Www.SurvivingParalysis.com <http://www.SurvivingParalysis.com> >
