This One's Really His!

Here's some video of Caleb learning to drive his wheelchair! Yes, this one is his very own...It even has his name embroidered in the seat!

At the dinner for the Outback Golf Tournament, there was an annual wheelchair race, which I mentioned in that post. What I didn't tell you is that at the end Caleb was very upset and crying. I took him outside to see what was wrong. He told me he was sad because he wanted to be in the blue wheelchair like the other boy, that he could drive all by himself. I told him that we would be getting him a wheelchair very soon that he would get to drive all by himself. He looked up at me with some residual tears in his eyes and asked, "And it's BLUE?" Luckily I had ordered the blue one (since purple was the only other choice).

When he first saw this chair, I think he was most excited that it was BLUE! He's really loving the freedom that this gives him. He especially likes to drive when he's up tall. He did have one little mishap today - he pinched his hand between the chair and a table a little, but he's fine. He has to practice at Physical Therapy for a little longer before it comes home - they need to make sure he's safe in it in all sorts of situations and surfaces. In the meantime, Jeff and I have to figure out how to get it home.

All we need now is a wheelchair accessible van, and an accessible home... You know, just a couple of small things.