Who else feels like they have their medical repair shop in their house? LOL!!

[lifeisajoy]

Who else has little medical repair shop to do quick fixes until you can either get it fixed or get new ones (which we all know takes a long time usually)

Here is a few things we do for our son--(Our little medical repair shop in our home-LOL)

 We have a back up of picture words and picture screens printed, picture book if his dynavox will not work

So my son's wheelchair has been leaving bruises on the back of his shoulder and the handles don't go down-so we got a squooshy pillow and use tye tyes --so now it is more comfortable,

we carry little tiny screwdrivers wherever we go to fix his wheelchair

we bought foam that you put on pipes and put it on his walker to make it more comfortable-he was hitting his thighs and getting black and blue marks

we carry ducttape to fix his talking badge so they fall apart we can quickly put them together so he can still use them until the real repair comes around

We carry gorilla glue with us to fix his wheelchair handles

we put a blanket on his bed every night on the side so when he snails up into it he don't get rug burns on his stomach

we carry a little screw driver to tighten his leg brakes-HKafos--if they start getting lose

We have duct tapes for the knee immobilizers if the metal things start poking out-

more-but that is all I can think of

[i.heart.myboys]

I love this

[lifeisajoy]

Thanks Amber!  I hope any of these quick fixes may help you and your son or in the future--Do you do any quick repair fixes yet?  Did your son get his wheelchair yet?  He was in process of getting one right or was that other Amber?-sorry if I missed you two up-I try to stay focused-but that is hard-lol

Quoting i.heart.myboys:

I love this

[willysmama]

We carrry all that and a set of hex keys with us for his wheelchair and gait trainer. Carry bandaids til we can get to the brace place to protect his feet where its rubbing. Have moleskin to help with the rubbing as well.

[darbyakeep45]

Brady doesn't have as much equipment as your son...haven't really had any issues with any of it so far...thank goodness!

[letstalk747]

 ust too  , not so much anymore

[lifeisajoy]

yes Val that stuff too-I always forget the names of the wheelchair piece things and his braces have his own I call them little tiny screwdrivers lol-and always bandaide for the sores from the braces--oh yes--not as bad as it was a few yrs ago with the growth spurt

Quoting willysmama:

We carrry all that and a set of hex keys with us for his wheelchair and gait trainer. Carry bandaids til we can get to the brace place to protect his feet where its rubbing. Have moleskin to help with the rubbing as well.

[sammygrl77]

Yes I do. And a nice supply of braces, immobilizers, ace bandages, and crutches thanks to my klutz:)

[lifeisajoy]

yes I look at the supply of braces and look awww!! how much ds has grown-is what i look at

Quoting sammygrl77:

Yes I do. And a nice supply of braces, immobilizers, ace bandages, and crutches thanks to my klutz:)

[lifeisajoy]

oh see we had to switch to the water pipe things (the soft cover things) for the handle-the pillow with tye tyes did not last long this weekend-LOL