My Life being Disabled 02/04/08

My plans for last night did not work because I had to get a shower last night. This morning there were several respite residents who had to get up at 05:30 that the night staff were too busy to shower me. I got up at 07:00 got dressed and went for my breakfast. The ambulance came for me at 09:00 and took me the Mobility and Specialised Rehabilitation Unit at Sheffield Northern Hospital. My appointment was for 10:20 and we got there at 09:40. I tried my moulded seat, my manual chair and my new indoor chair but the footrests on my manual chair and my power chair were not right. The person in charge told me she had booked my appointment for an hour but it had been change to 30 minutes so they would not be able to give me stability test. She said my new footrests would take about 3 weeks to come but she will try to make an appontment as soon as possible. She also said she will try her engineers and asked them if they can do a stabilty test and fit my footrests on my new wheelchairs. When we went to the office she told me my next appointment would in May or June but she will speak to her engineers first. The ambulance came for us at 12:30 and we got home at 13:30. I was dissappointed that I hadn't got my indoor powerchair and it might take until June. I was more dissappointed that I had not got my independence through having a indoor powerchair which would allow me to move around my home without assistance from the staff.