Richard, they now make cloth pouches for those bed side bags. Your idea to use flexible wire covers is a great idea, only today those covers come in various solid colors too. The Manual Chairs are easier to hide a bag. The electric chairs have little room to hide those things.... Best Wishes In a message dated 12/9/2012 7:33:11 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
My solution for my quadriplegic son, beginning about 13 years ago, was not to use a leg bag at all. I mounted a black utility bag so it hangs off the front of his power chair base, behind his lower legs. We put a big 2000-ml bedside drainage bag in that, and run the tube inside his pants, up his leg. We cover the transparent tube with the kind of black flexible wire-concealing wrap you can get at Radioshack. The tube connects at top to his Texas or Foley cath (depending) and the tube is held in place by a white strap with velcro clamp. When the drainage bag gets near full, we just take it out, open the valve, and either fill up a bottle or two, or hold it over a toilet and let it drain. There is virtually no odor except when draining; it can go without draining three or four times as long as a leg bag; and it is much easier to manage in just about every way. Richard Galli
