I am doing OK. I am still recovering from getting way too cold on my wheelchair ride last Wednesday. I have unusually sore muscles and my skin is still quite irritated on my lower legs.
Today I was supposed to get the motors replaced on my Permobil C500 wheelchair that was damaged by Southwest Airlines in early February. It has been a long road, but I was really looking forward to having the repairs completed today.
The wheelchair technician arrived quite a bit later than promised. I asked him to confirm he had the right motors, so he checked the serial number on the chair and said all was correct.
He set about removing the right motor. When he was about finished, he asked if he could cut a wire that was in his way. The new motor did not have that wire. I was concerned
. Further investigation revealed that while he apparently had the correct motors (I think), they did not come with the brake assemblies that fit on the back of the motors.
So, he put the old motor back in place and left the wheelchair much as it was when he arrived. He was here for about 3 hours to do all of that.
Now we have to wait until the brake assemblies arrive, which could be delayed by an approval process. Then they will schedule another service call to try to replace the motors yet again. Today was the sixth service call to try to fix the damage done to that wheelchair when we flew to Texas.
The next attempt to repair it will certainly be after Thanksgiving, and I think is likely to be after Christmas. I just can't believe it is so hard to get work properly done on a wheelchair!
Other than that I am doing well. Covid19 has really picked up in our community and we recently moved into the "orange" category (4 out of 6). The actual number of Covid19 cases qualifies for having us in "red" (5 out of 6), but I don't think the local government wants to do that with the ski area opening on Friday. The ski areas are the economic engine that fuels our county.
Steve