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Day two of not smoking and I'm STILL NOT SMOKING. :DDDDDDDD

Today we went and got Meg a wheelchair. She walks on her toes and can't do distances, so this is for special occasions where we get out and do things. Or when the parking garage is a mile from the place we need to be. You know, those kinds of things.

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Yay go you.

I thought you already had a chair, fer some reason. What's it like? DD, BB! Rigid frame or folding? Car transfer with the little wheels or giant zoomy wheels? Car transfer, I guess. I recommend getting a camelbak and velcroing it to the back--it's awesome, omg and A SEATBELT. They never come with seatbelts.

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AND A RUCKSACK. So damn useful, omg - so long as it isn't tippy, and it won't be because it's a kid's chair, you can get these rucksacks that clip on to the chair back for about a tenner and you can keep all your shit in there - both of you - and it's totally accessible to a pusher (I think the under seat ones can get in the way personally).

Awesome, thank you! We were thinking of putting one of Meg's backpacks on the back, but if there are special ones that might be a better fit.

It's a lightweight folding chair, 18 inches wide. The 16 inch one fit meg better, but we'll probably have this for 5 years or more, so we needed something Meg could grow into. It weighs about 36 pounds according to the internet.

this is it!

Oh Invacare are pretty decent. Pan had something similar to that before he got the amazing Meyra. Yeah, that's not tippy or splashy at all so you can easily hang tons of stuff on it without it affecting the balance.

I have never really managed to get a normal rucksack on a chair without it either breaking or falling off at awkward moments, or swaying in and out and getting all in my way when I'm pushing or banging into Pan's back. ATM we use a messenger bag and it is a fucking pain, but the bag is cool so eh.

I do recall a kid at school used to have an ordinary rucksack with the shoulder straps over the pusher bars no problem but he always self-propelled so I spose it wasn't an issue.

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