Sunday, October 5

Things are getting very busy here, now that the countdown is solid: Friday, October 31. The house is ready, except for details such as installing grab bars, and also answering the question, should I get Tommy a hospital bed? Different advice from different people. I am thinking that the solution is to take the two narrower-than-twin beds out of the back bedroom, and put a "hospital-grade" bed in there that doesn't necessarily look like a hospital bed. It has to be able to do the tricks (spine and knees raised into a zig-zag contour, sitting position, and entire bed can be raised and lowered). I also want it to have side rails that can be raised or lowered, and maybe even removable when you just want to use the bed as a regular bed. The bed at Ren rehab has rails on both sides, which Tommy uses to pull himself up from the wheelchair (makes me think that the bed must weigh a ton). If we put such a bed in the back bedroom, we'll have a heavy-duty bed if we need it, but Tommy won't have to sleep in it if he doesn't want to and he can handle the regular bed.