Okay, I wanted to write about the fact that I have a medical device, but I never got around to it. I have a Guardian Medical device. I got it in 2016 or 17?
I had fallen in my house and my Mom researched the different medical device companies and we chose the one that I have now. I have decided to write about it because today, at 9:17, marked the third time that we had to use it in my house. We also had to use it once while we were at the dentist when there was snow on the ground.
My Mom used my device to call 911 and guys from Melvindale station 5 came. Brian, Mark, and Jon came in to my house. I had collapsed when my Mom was transferring me to my wheelchair. This heat ain’t no joke!!! I told them all how much I weigh and Mark told me that it was not a lot!
So, Brian was running point because he was the most seasoned. He came into my bathroom (because that’s where my Mom laid me down). Brian clasped his hands under my armpits and John took my left leg and Mark took my right and all three of them had me up pretty seamlessly and placed me into my wheelchair.
I used my joystick to put my chair all the way back so I could fall backward into it. Just like Diane told me to at RIM. Brian said that was really smart and I told him that’s what my wheelchair tech told me to do.
I have been physically lifted up by so many men, at Barwis, in medical situations, and it’s so uncomfortable! (It still is by the way!) I remember that when I used to fall at Barwis, and guys would come and pick me up, I knew all of them, so they would put their arms under mine and I would grab their thumbs with my hands. I remember the first time I did that with Adam, I think. He smirked at it. Maybe it was Michael?
I thought about that today because as three men had me in their arms in my hallway, I was quite uncomfortable! I didn’t know what to do with my hands, so I rested them on Brian’s hands.
As I was safely back in my chair, and Brian was talking to my Mom for her to sign some papers and getting a phone number for her, I looked out my window and saw red lights flashing!!! My Mom told them that we did not need all of the bells and whistles, but just needed someone to pick me up.
That’s so embarrassing! I’m wondering in this heat how many times this will happen? #MSsucks!!! 😒😒😒…