Yeah, we should get a story day going on here, lol, we could all tell the good, the bad the ugly or odd. ;-) Dan H.**
On Thursday, July 3, 2014 4:47 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Kewl Ron. We need more stories like that.... and I'm sure you have a million of them. Best Wishes In a message dated 7/3/2014 1:34:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I was involved in a swim organization for the disabled and met this paraplegic man back in 2003. We became friends pretty quickly and I gave him all the knowledge I knew to help him get going. I helped him find a decent chevy fullsize wheelchair van. The guy lit up and we were going to hooters and the casino and having a lot of laughs. It was truly imspiring to see the man excel and meet the challeges in his way. A few years went by and he had some setbacks, then he developed a pressure sore which led to weight gain which led to a power chair which led to a colostomy bag which led to the end of driving which led to bedbound. I didn't hear from him for 6 months, I finally contacted his brother on the net to ask where he was. He wouldn't tell me and I knew in my heart that only meant one thing.....................nursing home. My buddy eventually called me and said his mom and brother put him in a nursing home 30 miles away. Hes laying flat on his back and never gets out of bed for any reason. His power chair is down the hall somewhere. Maybe I was wrong but I sent a few words to his brother that I shouldn't have. The guy was tough and a boxer in his younger days. Hes around 55 if your interested to know. He just didn't have the support he needed, his mother was 84, but I helped them adapt a roll in shower and a small kitchen in their basement. He was paying a hundred bucks a day for assistance towards the end of it all. > > >A funny story about him was he took his wheelchair van down to the ghetto of >St. Louis to try to find a date. The girl got in his van and stole his black >bag he uses for catherization supplies.......lololol. > > >The thing that was beautiful is that he as living life but unfortunately now >hes not because of a lack of support.................sad > > >Im going to try to write a small story I have experienced in quad life every >thurs. > > > > >Ron
