The dealer came today at noon to take my measurements and collect the papers. He totally skipped over the functional evaluation, he took one look at me and said, “You need this wheelchair, big time!” Afterwards I made my admission that I am a powerchair and assistive technology geek, we went directly into a long geek talk about powerchairs and had a bit of fun for the next hour and a half. It took only 15 minutes for him to do the measurements and data collection. He stayed till 1:45 PM. When you put two powerchair geeks in one room expect a very long conversation that could go on for days. Sadly he had to go to another appointment; otherwise, he would have stayed all day and geek talked with me. We both really enjoyed it, and he said, “I am going to have some fun with you!” I said, “And here I thought today was going to be a nightmare!”

The really cool thing is they are making my moulded seating system right in Skokie.

He did say that he will want to add a few more things on top of what is in the justification, mainly in postural control systems. One of the major add ons will be chest harness straps to hold me up correctly. Chest harnessing will be a very accepted addition to the positioning array as it will allow me to be able to when needed continue to be correctly supported while not in a tilted position.

Expect frequent updates.