I don't understand all of the different doctors recommended! I understood wound care for Bill and I understood the Ortho Dr. for him, but the Ortho has to collaborate with another doctor, so we are going to have to go see him, and then the Primary Care wants him to see a Rheumatologist. Our normal hospital system and Doctors that we normally see are 3 miles from our house. These doctors are everywhere from 12 miles south east to 10 miles north east from where we live. Not that it is far, but the traffic can be atrocious. I may cancel the Rheumatologist if they schedule the surgery soon. I don't think it is necessary, now. I will message the Doctor first, but this is wild.

Yes, we are expecting a 30 minute drive tomorrow morning for the 10 mile doctor. One doctor finally contacted me today and said that they are not going to schedule Bill due to the fact that the doctor said it wasn't in his area of expertise. We will see what the doctor says tomorrow morning. If this doctor doesn't want to do the surgery, I think I will have him refer Bill to the orthopedic surgeon that did my foot surgery about 14 or 15 years ago. I had arthritis in a very small joint on the top of my foot and it inflamed my entire foot. My regular orthopedic surgeon said that he was the only person that he knew in the area that he trusted to treat my foot. I have a very functional, non-painful foot today! I have never looked back and worked on that foot on concrete floors for about 12 more years.

Have Bill's surgery scheduled for the 20th of August. The doctor didn't really want us taking a trip to Branson and Bill being on his foot more than normal, so we cancelled it and that made the surgery a bit sooner. All-in-all the appointment went well. The MRI showed exactly what the doctor thought, the blood tests were good and all is a go.

Homeschooling is a real commitment for you, but if you are willing to commit to it, I think it is a great tool.

I worked all day yesterday trying to find a way for Bill to get around the house after his surgery. He will be totally non-weight bearing for at least 3 weeks, and I don't think that crutches are the right thing for his only mobility.

A knee scooter was my first thought, but it won't work because he needs a knee replacement on that knee and it would put too much pressure on the knee and would cause a lot of pain.

Then, I thought one of the walkers with a seat and thought he could sit on it and kind of walk it around with the one good foot - That won't work, either. I read up on them and they say that the bearings on the wheels won't hold up to that type of weight and moving the wheels continually.

Then I thought that maybe just our office chair would work. I rolled it into the bathroom and almost fell out of the chair when I tried to roll it from the tile back on to the carpet...that wouldn't work.

My next research was into a small transport wheelchair. A regular wheelchair would be too wide for bathrooms. A transport would work. I kept going to this one on Amazon that was $140, which was a bit more that I really wanted to pay for 3-4 weeks of use, but still about what rental would be. The problem was that they couldn't guarantee it would arrive by his surgery date. I was just flummoxed! There are lots of them, but in reading reviews, I was particular.

This morning one of the first things I thought of was facebook marketplace. I typed in wheelchairs and got ramps, seatbelts, cushions, toys and about everything except wheelchairs. I looked through pages of stuff. I was just getting ready to close the page and saw a picture of the Amazon listing for the one I was looking at. It was brand new, purchased a year ago, but wouldn't work for their needs. Still in the box, plastic still on it...brand new. Straps still on the box. It was about a mile from us and $80! God had it there for us! I went around the house in it and it works great on the hard floors, but we still have a lot of carpet. It is a bit harder on carpet but it works! And it goes through the master bathroom door!