Re: Adaptive stroller?/THANK YOU!!

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Thanks everyone for your adaptive stroller help!

I was able to finally find a nice vendor (REP if anyone ever needs

one in andria, VA) who rented out a Convaid cruiser for us to use

while they process our request. This will really help get around b/c

I'm taking my son to TCI for tcs this surgery next week. I've been

carrying him alot (43 lbs) and using a stroller that is way too

small, with my tcs and sciatica it just kills me!

I have to agree that the vendors are very nasty in gral (except REP),

I called like 10 companies, it is a disgrace how rude and unreliable

they are as far as returning any calls or being helpful.

AG

>

> In a message dated 2/5/2008 9:41:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> jlbobin@... writes:

>

> A vendor might also be able to tell you if he can use a

wheelchair - that

> way he can get around on his own for longer distances, yet you can

still

> push him if you are together. I really don't know at what age they

change

> kids over from strollers to w/c they can use on their own.

Sometimes the DME

> people can direct you to better or more appropriate supplies b/c

they do

> this everyday.

>

> We just ordered a wheelchair for for distance use, it's a

cross

> between a transport/regular wheelchair and a stroller... it is

lightweight and from

> flexible material like a stroller, folds up in half like a stroller

for easy

> transporting, has large wheels that can be used on for a child to

push, or

> with without to use it as a transport chair... Here is a pic of

it...

> _http://www.convaid.com/productguide.php_

(http://www.convaid.com/productguide.php)

>

> He is getting the second one, the convertible, but it looks exactly

like the

> first one, the EZ rider without the pushwheels. is fine for

short

> distance walking over short times, he needs this for day trips with

lots of

> walking or for brisk walking, especially in warmer weather when his

endurance

> goes down.

>

> The company we used was called National Seating & Mobility in

Huntington

> Valley, PA and they are a subcontractor for Apria, and when I

emailed the vendor

> contact we were working with, he responded to me the next day, so

some

> places do provide good service, not that that helps when things

are bogged down

> waiting for insurance approval, but...

>

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