Back in the nineties I bought a brand new Caravan, an IMS conversion. The tie-down was a floor-post with the latch on the chair. In the first month it released me twice without cause. Fortunately I was going slow and able to stop both times. Until.... On July 14 I backed out of my parents drive. I pulled it into drive and pulled back on the accelerator. The van lurched forward....and my tie-down released. The van picked up speed and I went rolling helplessly to the back of the van. I left the road, jumped a ditch, and hit a large tree head-on at 45 mph. I was thrown forward violently and jammed under the dashboard. The van was totaled. It took EMT nearly three hours to get me out. My chair was bent like a pretzel, my legs broke and knees shattered, concussion and internal bleeding. The docs wanted to amputate my legs but I refused. Today they stay bent and spastic and make me miserable. I should have let them cut. Anyway, that's how I broke my legs.
Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: Larry Willis <[email protected]> > Date: March 28, 2015 at 10:34:02 PM EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions > > Hit a tree in my van. I'll fill in the details tomorrow. > > Larry Willis > Retired and proud of it > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >> Date: March 28, 2015 at 8:53:11 PM EDT >> To: Quad-list Post <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions >> Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >> >> How did you break your legs Larry? I would like to hear the >> story............................. >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> On Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:37 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> For the first 25 years of my quad life I used a simple ten dollar inflatable >> cushion....or nothing. I never had even a hint of a sore. Then I broke both >> legs and had to wear casts for six months. The lousy things created awful >> sores on my heels, ankles, knees, everywhere the cast touched with any >> pressure. It was like that opened the floodgates. I have fought sores >> constantly since then. They simply will not heal. I have three right now -- >> on my butt, hip, and ankle. Had them for over five years. I have resigned to >> take them with me to the grave. I am near 63 years old; can't be that much >> longer. >> >> Larry Willis >> Retired and proud of it >> >>
