Hi
My name is James and I will be traveling Disney World for the first time in a manual wheel chair.
A little back ground on my recent condition. I went into the local hospital on December the 24th then was rushed to another hospital due to a rare pneumonia triggered by something other than bacteria that the doctors never could figure out. I was in a induced coma from the 26th until January 9th when heavy steroids finally started getting rid of the pneumonia. Two days later I had an abdominal muscle tear that caused me to almost bleed to death. So I was bedridden until late January.
This all lead to me being so weak I spent 2 months learning to walk again in a rehab hospital.
I am now out and can walk but it will take time for my strength and endurance to build back up.
After about a 100 feet I get tired and my legs hurt.
But am just glad to still be here and going as this is my daughters high school graduation trip. We are leaving in a little over a week.
So I will just travel by wheel chair and transfer to rides. My understanding from reading the FAQs is that I won't need the DAS as most rides lines will let me stay in the chair until close to loading on the rides or some rides let the wheel chair on.
Is this correct?
Also I would welcome any advice for traveling in a wheel chair.
Thanks
My name is James and I will be traveling Disney World for the first time in a manual wheel chair.
A little back ground on my recent condition. I went into the local hospital on December the 24th then was rushed to another hospital due to a rare pneumonia triggered by something other than bacteria that the doctors never could figure out. I was in a induced coma from the 26th until January 9th when heavy steroids finally started getting rid of the pneumonia. Two days later I had an abdominal muscle tear that caused me to almost bleed to death. So I was bedridden until late January.
This all lead to me being so weak I spent 2 months learning to walk again in a rehab hospital.
I am now out and can walk but it will take time for my strength and endurance to build back up.
After about a 100 feet I get tired and my legs hurt.
But am just glad to still be here and going as this is my daughters high school graduation trip. We are leaving in a little over a week.
So I will just travel by wheel chair and transfer to rides. My understanding from reading the FAQs is that I won't need the DAS as most rides lines will let me stay in the chair until close to loading on the rides or some rides let the wheel chair on.
Is this correct?
Also I would welcome any advice for traveling in a wheel chair.
Thanks