Wheelchair visits

We did some follow-up visits this week with wheelchair recipients. We wanted to see how they were doing, if the wheelchairs were adequate for their needs and any suggestions they had on how to make the chair better.  

Tantstseg,  is 74 years old.Tantstseg received her first wheelchair the first of October 2014.  She received a 16 in. wheelchair but feels she could use a larger wheelchair since she is wearing a big coat now that it is cold. (Cold both outside and inside of her home.)  That was a good reminder for us to have National Rehab ask the question about what type of clothing will they be wearing while using the chair.  

She spends nearly all of her time in the wheelchair and cannot transfer herself from the wheelchair to the bed or back to the wheelchair without assistance.  Her husband is a real kind man and a daughter who lives in an adjacent ger, either or both are with her all of the time.

This family was very grateful for the help of the wheelchair.  It helps her get around her small home.  We are always impressed with these  humble people's hospitality, generosity and gratitude.

Sumyabazar is 65 years old and had both legs removed about twelve years ago. He has had the use of a wheelchair since then.  He lives on the ninth floor of an apartment building which has an elevator barely the size to get him in sitting in his wheelchair. (There is no room for anyone else in the elevator.) He does have a few stairs that he has to navigate before getting to the elevator.  He received a 20” standard DIC provided wheelchair as a recipient in the wheelchair training session held in August 2014.  He has amazing upper body strength.  He can manuever himself in and out of the wheelchair.  He can change his body position amazing well also.  He did some modifications on his wheelchair because clothing was going through a space in the side and catching in the wheel.  He also was very gracious and had good ideas to share about the design of the wheel chair.

 You really can not tell how small the elevator is by this picture. But it is small!

These are the stairs that he has to go up to get to the elevator from the entrance.

Notice the window and door on the left side of the picture, This is where the stair person lives for the building.

Batchimeg is 23 years old and  had polio as a very young child. She was using crutches to get around with, but the crutches were causing nerve damage in her arms.  She was given a 14” standard DIC wheelchair as a recipient in the wheelchair training session held in August 2014.  She has had a couple of wheelchairs before and is familiar with staying well while using one.  She will still use crutches when it is absolutely necessary when she can’t navigate a wheelchair.

 She has participated in beauty pageants where she would like to have the arm rests detachable completely rather than just swing out of the way for those events.  Other than that inconvenience she is completely pleased with her new wheelchair.

 You can tell it was a smokey but also a sunshiny day.

She has a great view from her home.  It would be better if it had not of been so smokey.

Scripture for the week: Alma 26:37 Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever. Amen.