tmfranlk
Love hanging at the World with my sweet girls.
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2001
Hi all,
I've been reading the FAQs and searching for relevant threads and I think I've got most of the information I need, but just wanted to double check a few things.
My 12DD has to have surgery for flat feet this year. She'll do the first foot soon and the second foot in the fall. We're scheduled to do 2 weeks at WDW in mid-November. If the expected schedule holds she'll be nearing the end of the cast after her second surgery, but will still have a foot cast.
Please feel free to correct anything I've got wrong here or suggest alternatives...
1. I fully know the difference between mobility needs and DAS so no confusion there
2. Wheelchair - I am planning to rent a wheelchair off site for the duration of our stay
3. Wheelchair size - I am planning to rent a standard (18"?) size wheelchair because she'll need to share the seat with my 4yo DD at times. I know it's not ideal, but for 10 days of the trip it will just be me and the girls.
4. Wheelchair seat padding - How can I make the wheelchair seat more comfortable?
5. Casts - If I'm understanding everything correctly her cast won't prevent her from any rides (assuming it's a below the knee cast, which it should be)
6. Jedi Training Academy - This is the last year she's eligible for Jedi Training Academy and the first time her sister can participate too and that her dad will get to see it. Can she still participate?
7. What else should I be thinking about? - What am I forgetting to prepare for? We know that we'll be working with the limitations and are prepared for that. (After two trips last year where I ended up in an ECV at WDW due to a diverticulitis attack and again at DL because I was post that surgery we're familiar with the new pace.) However this surgery has come up so suddenly that she really doesn't want to lose our trip to it also.
Thank you all!
I've been reading the FAQs and searching for relevant threads and I think I've got most of the information I need, but just wanted to double check a few things.
My 12DD has to have surgery for flat feet this year. She'll do the first foot soon and the second foot in the fall. We're scheduled to do 2 weeks at WDW in mid-November. If the expected schedule holds she'll be nearing the end of the cast after her second surgery, but will still have a foot cast.
Please feel free to correct anything I've got wrong here or suggest alternatives...
1. I fully know the difference between mobility needs and DAS so no confusion there
2. Wheelchair - I am planning to rent a wheelchair off site for the duration of our stay
3. Wheelchair size - I am planning to rent a standard (18"?) size wheelchair because she'll need to share the seat with my 4yo DD at times. I know it's not ideal, but for 10 days of the trip it will just be me and the girls.
4. Wheelchair seat padding - How can I make the wheelchair seat more comfortable?
5. Casts - If I'm understanding everything correctly her cast won't prevent her from any rides (assuming it's a below the knee cast, which it should be)
6. Jedi Training Academy - This is the last year she's eligible for Jedi Training Academy and the first time her sister can participate too and that her dad will get to see it. Can she still participate?
7. What else should I be thinking about? - What am I forgetting to prepare for? We know that we'll be working with the limitations and are prepared for that. (After two trips last year where I ended up in an ECV at WDW due to a diverticulitis attack and again at DL because I was post that surgery we're familiar with the new pace.) However this surgery has come up so suddenly that she really doesn't want to lose our trip to it also.
Thank you all!