A New Chair is on it's way.....hurrah!

Never in this world,did I  think that I would get excited over A WHAT?!  A Wheel chair, but I think they are finally getting it.  I use a chair or maybe we should say I abuse a chair.  What I really do is live my life just the way I would if I still could walk.

So Friday Robin from West Home Health Care in Richmond came to our shop with a new chair for me to try out.  It had front wheel drive!  It would drive differently from my Invacare chair.  My Invacare chair had lasted six really good years, but all  f a sudden I found that a lot of little things had started to go wrong.  If you depend on a chair, you really need one that works.

The new chair was designed in Sweden.  And much like some European cars, this seemed to be built to last.  The clincher was for me that I took it out into the back of the shop and it ran easily through our gravel drive.  We often go to outdoor antique shows such as Brimfield Ma.  A lot of the fields there were gravel and it would wear my batteries down in no time.  I would have to find a plug and sit and charge.  As you might guess I don't like to sit still a lot.  I also felt bad about imposing on people for an electric charge. Everyone, however, was nice about assisting.  I got over being embarrassed about asking for help a long time ago.

The new chair is by Permobil.  One of the harder things that I had to decided was a color.  Ok, color is not that important, except that this has mag wheels and colors like Baby Blue, Burgundy, Silver, Hot Pink, and Chili Pepper Red!  In the past I've been sedate, choosing Dark Green, and Black. Come on, everyone needs to live a little!  So, you guessed it I'm going to bite the bullet and go for CHILI PEPPER RED!  I justified this because I sometimes take my chair to work and I'll be more visible crossing RT. 3, or Main Street.  Our town is not that big, but there is a little traffic and it would be safer than say Blue, or Silver, both of which were also tempting.  What can I say, my wild side just took over. Besides, this is my version of a sport car.  Imported no less.

Getting parts was a concern, however the rep let us know that they now have an American factory in Tennessee, and that getting parts would only take a day or two once ordered.  Lewis, my youngest son and partner said it looked like a sports car in comparison to  my old chair.  Don't get me wrong there was nothing wrong with how my last chair lasted or handled.  This one is just a better choice for me.