Re: [ds-autism wheel chair and donna

January 2, 2007

a late congrats to you donna, give that new grandbaby a big hug!!! i will

pray he gets over his fever quickly.

As for the stroller or wheel chair, we use a wheel chair for nathan he got

to pick the color etc, and we have dirt bike type tires on it as to be able to

go over rougher terrain as at a fair or flea market. we only use it when we

are shopping at a big store or m all or lots of walking--he use to insist on

it at the grocery store too but ive got him to deal with it each trip, he

still wants in the cart and i refuse as he is 120-130 pounds and just over 5ft

tall he is too big and have been trying to get this across to him. we think

it hurts him to walk long distances, his hips-- he has really loose

hyperextension hip sockets, we are to xray them etc but his doc has been gone

for

several weeks and has not set up a date for his sedation and all his tests

(echo

and xrays) teeth, and shots etc, pretty soon he wont need a flu shot she has

been gone lots lately unsure whats going on, i hate to switch doctors as she

is intuned to nathans needs, took years to get her this way and i dont think i

could train another doc. We have been more worried about his hips lately as

he falls when walking prabobly once a week he doesn't complain of pain ever,

and his behaivor has been the same, pretty easy going most of the time,

occasional bouts of refusals and yelling. JUst want a baseline to go by. shawna

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