My sister has been getting around mostly with a walker since she broke her leg and cannot put any weight on it at all. She lifts the leg and uses the walker as you would use crutches – she moves it forward a bit, then hops her good leg forward. She has been trying different ways to keep the things she needs with her. She ordered and received a tray to go on the top of the walker. But, when it was put on, it got in the way of the leg she needs to lift. She ended up putting all her necessities into a bag and hung it on the front of the walker. But, that kept bumping into her lifted leg. This morning, my mother said she had an idea and brought out another large bag from her bedroom. She was thinking we would be able to hang it in a different way, but it did not work. She went back into her bedroom and fetched another bag with an adjustable strap. After trying it in different ways, my dad figured out a way to hang it on the side of the walker. We hung the other bag on the other side to evenly distribute the weight. It worked great. My dad found some shower curtain hangers that we could put over the bars to hang things from. We found some Velcro and attached a picker-upper so it will always be handy. All together, we had great ideas and solutions to help my sister gain a little more independence. By the afternoon, my sister was noticeably walking – hopping – better and some of the new pains she started getting in her knee and hip had subsided. She said that it was so wonderful that a small adjustment made such a big difference in her comfort.
I Found God today in a team effort to make some adjustments to my sister’s situation that helped her tremendously.
