tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411253170651203836.post7018283007334532358..comments2023-09-12T09:33:43.919+01:00Comments on Behind The Child: Our glorious natural worldTiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11360092874754466982noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411253170651203836.post-24386961541551291872010-02-18T11:30:12.716+00:002010-02-18T11:30:12.716+00:00Cuddles is easy! I've had two (sadly brief) re...Cuddles is easy! I've had two (sadly brief) relationships since I've used a hoist. Option one - hoistee gets put in cuddle location of choice (bed for me, I can't sit on sofas etc.) but squished up against bed rails, and the cuddler hops in next to them. Extra nice if lying on your side so you can talk/see your cuddler properly. Option two, sit down on sofa while hoistee is dangling in midair (keep hold of handset for hoist!) and sit them on your lap. Some undignified wriggling ensues to get the sling out the way and then you're sorted. <br /><br />My friends are at Hill-Rom, who now own Liko. They deliver and set it up, which takes all of 20 minutes. Not all that cheap but priceless in terms of comfort and safety and ease of general living. I borrow bumpers for the bed rails or bring my own from home.<br /><br />I'm in awe at your van-squashing-into skills... on anything over a couple of days my Sprinter is near as dammit full with me in my powerchair, manual chair just in case, tilt/recline toilet/shower chair, foldy hoist and approximately fifteen tons of... <i>stuff</i>. Oh, plus a PA, natch. Wouldn't get far without one of them. <br /><br />Incidentally, I can still drive. Very specialised hand controls next to my joystick, a tiny adapted steering wheel and off I go. No question that LF will be able to when she grows up, eyesight and concentration span permitting. Just in case you were wondering :)Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436653419185638854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411253170651203836.post-29768732766126838212010-02-17T13:37:57.116+00:002010-02-17T13:37:57.116+00:00At the moment I still lift both girls; probably sh...At the moment I still lift both girls; probably shouldn't and our carers don't, but if I don't we don't get cuddles. Impressively, the accessible bedroom here has a very nice profiling bed - the bed rails are a little lethal for Mog but I suppose most people wouldn't want her goldfish bowl bed sides. <br /><br />Interested in the possibility of hiring gantry hoists - do they deliver to your destination? We looked into them but even folded it would've been a choice between that and the four wheelchairs.<br /><br />TiaTiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360092874754466982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411253170651203836.post-25058169594775198702010-02-17T11:23:56.838+00:002010-02-17T11:23:56.838+00:00The phrase ‘bald as a coot’ being in reference to ...The phrase ‘bald as a coot’ being in reference to the little white cap is how I learnt to distinguish them - probably thanks to my dad.<br /><br />I'm very glad you're having such a good time - I have many fond memories of the same little cabins and forests from my childhood. <br /><br />Did you bring a hoist with or are you managing without? I now have a tame rentals manager at a big assistive technology company who do hoists, profiling beds and mattresses - not cheap but as I probably weigh four or five Little Fishes and am about as mobile as Mog, not really optional. Bonus is that it doesn't cost any more to borrow a little gantry hoist (tracking hoist on legs) than a mobile one - hurrah! I really hate mobile hoists.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436653419185638854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2411253170651203836.post-18332936510113419512010-02-17T10:05:43.200+00:002010-02-17T10:05:43.200+00:00Sound idyllic :o)
And you're right about moorh...Sound idyllic :o)<br />And you're right about moorhen and coot: Moorhen= red beak; coot=white beak<br />Have fun today. Catherine xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com