Hanging out with gimpy

The upside of Mom breaking her leg was that she got to spend a little more time with us.

We were able to set up a bed for her in the living room, and we had a bathroom on that level, so she was able to get around in the house pretty well. Unfortunately, there were several steps to get in and out of the house, so Todd and I took turns helping her hop up and down the steps to get out.

In general, Torre Del Mar was easy to get around with a wheel chair. The weather cooperated with day after day of sunshine allowing us to walk everywhere we needed to go. The boardwalk along the beach had great ramps to get the wheelchair on and off. And the hard packed sand on the beach path was a favorite for all of us.

The boys were great helpers pushing Mamo around in her chair.

We got creative trying to entertain and include Mamo.

We set up a bed for her in the living room, which also served as a good place to play games.

And her favorite was a nearly daily outing for coffee.

She even helped take out the garbage and recycling.

We set up a little bed on the front porch so she didn’t get cabin fever.

She even made us soup twice (unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures).

Bathing was a little challenging, since the bathtub was upstairs and not really set up for easy access, but, again, we got creative.

We found she could scoot up the stairs on her bum to get to the tub.

We tried out a couple hair salons to get her hair washed.

We did get her some crutches,

Since we don’t have a car, we had to take them on our bike.

but she had to be encouraged to use them.

The boys had lots of fun using Mamo’s equipment when she wasn’t.

Coincidentally, Leo had a visit at school from a local organization for disabled people called Amivel. He thought Mamo would find it interesting, so we came to check it out. It was actually really fun. The kids got to experience being in wheel chairs and play basketball and races.