Hi Joan, Happy 24th anniversary. I always love hearing from you are so positive and warmhearted. I'm sorry what happened to you with your wheelchair boy you are brave. You had a guardian angel watching out for you thank God. Love your fellow comrade on wheels
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2014, at 7:58 PM, "Joan Anglin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is an ongoing problem, no one can find the problem solution. What made it > most difficult was that I had forgotten to tighten up my control collar so > that I could easily turn the chair back on. And in the sunshine I could not > see where it was flashing, my bad. Joan > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:57 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Anniversary and good Samaritans > > I truly hope you got your chair fixed. Was it a circuit breaker... or a bad > control module? > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 10/22/2014 4:06:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > The 15th marked 24 years with SCI. It just so happened that we were out and > about that day and we are having a beautiful Indian summer with highs in the > sixties and no severe freeze so far. > We finished shopping at Sam’s Club and I decided to just roll over to the > next place we were going which was only seven or eight blocks away. My > wheelchair has been behaving itself quite well so I felt confident I could > beat the others to the next store. I took off at a good clip (for an omega > track) and realized when I got there that the store had moved another eight > or 10 blocks away a couple of months ago. No problem, except that the > wheelchair decided to quit right as I was crossing the street. I was able to > flag down a pedestrian who restarted my chair. A little more cautiously I > kept on going, stopped again, a couple of people came over to ask if I needed > help-of course I did. Now I am being very cautious as I am realizing it is > quitting when I try to go faster. I’ve already given up on the challenge of > beating everyone else to the next store, just want to get there without > breaking down in the middle of the street again. I finally reach the parking > lot of the next shopping mall, which is quite empty, and get out to the > middle of the lot. Stopped again, this time there are no pedestrians, so I > resign myself to waiting until somebody misses me and comes to find me, > because they are in Walmart and the cell phones don’t work to reach them. > Suddenly a car veers over and a young man gets out. As he is walking over > three more cars come over and everyone gets out. I guess I was noticed, > because they all want to know if I’m OK and do I need help. The young man > gets to me first, starts my chair off, and I thank everyone, and leave for > the store. Then I noticed that the young man’s car is following me. He > escorts me to Wal-Mart, and then smiles and says have a great day and drives > off. > Moral of the story, move out west to find plenty of good Samaritans. Have a > great day everyone, I sure did. Joan
