The website has a new front page photo. The old photo had a misadjusted harness and the lighting was horrible. Tell me what you all think of the new picture!

From 8 PM to 9 PM tonight all the lights in the CDT (Central Daylight TIme) timezone will hopefully go off, To do this in our house we will shut off everything that does not run on a battery, if it runs on a battery we will unplug it from the charger and run it on the battery. google.com has already turned off their lights at 12:01 AM and they will remain off until 11:59 PM tonight. So remember everyone, turn off the lights at 8:00 PM and use a battery!!! And 9 PM to 10 PM is Gizmodo's Geeky Gadget Power Up Hour, in which they want everyone to plug in every piece of electronic equipment they have and power it up.

This morning we heard the doorbell ring and wondered who it was, to our surprise it was UPS with a large box. We after receiving the box remembered we ordered a mini ramp so I can get into semi-accessible buildings that have a stoop or single step up. We got the ramp from http://www.discountramps.com for a very low price. It is the 4 foot wheelchair ramp, found in the Wheelchair ramp specials area under center folding ramps.

Say hello to Mr. Brand new EZ-LOCK. This little baby now allows us to drive safely anywhere in the world in our van and not have to worry about safety in the event of a crash. This will also allow me to ride in the van in a slight tilt for my spinal maintenance program that I have to maintain low to no pain level. There are a good deal of photos of the EZ-LOCK and it's systems on the gallery, more will be added tomorrow when we go back in the van for a real ride. It is made of thick double hardened steel able to withstand vehicle crashes involving a totaled vehicle. This thing is truly an amazing little box. For some testimonials and crash photos head over to www.ezlock.net

The only thing was I had to be without my powerchair from 7:00 AM until 7:00 PM which was practically all day, which resulted in me being totally bedridden for the duration, thank god we took the two plastic urinals with us from the hospital!

Photos are in the gallery, click the image above!

Happy Easter everyone! We were supposed to go out with our family but decided against it due to the fact that tuesday we are getting the lockdown installed in the van. We are staying home today and having ham and hot fruit salad. Of course I don't think I will be eating any.

Have a nice easter!

It is finally complete, after two weeks of waiting for FreeForums sluggish transfer agent to get me the domain transfer transaction ID and authorization code and then waiting for them to hit the final authorization switch after I authorized it on my end, it finally transferred. Now when you type www.disabledplanet.net it will take you directly to the new disabledplanet.net system running on phpBB3. This is the same forum as the one on the Forum link in the menu on the left. If the domain continues to point to a invalid page or the old forum please wait up to 48 hours before trying again, the domain just got set up today and for the changes to reflect in DNS across the world it can take up to 48 hours. Remember that there is always the totally failsafe access URL of http://disabledplanet.iguido.com which is not DNS routed.

When I went to do my usual maintenance audit on the website and check that everything is working fine I came across some formatting errors specifically within the G-Tube home feeding pictures up post. They are now fixed.

Yesterday we had a great time, for the first time I went somewhere other than a doctors office and somewhere without using the old manual wheelchair. For now we have a jimmy rig tie down solution that is not safe for occupied transport, so we have to take the time to transfer me in and out of the van's seat, which is pretty worthless too since I can't use the van's seatbelt due to the way it is designed it cuts into my neck and also the lap part falls right into my G-Tube site, lucky for us the windows in the back are deep tinted. Yesterday we went to Beans & Leaves and mom did one of her usual Saturday performances. Dad took a good deal of pictures and when we were in the van I nearly fell on the floor as I took the picture of the cool cloud arrangement out the window due to my poor lateral support and the lack of lateral support in the van.

As I had promised to get photos of our home feeding setup, I have got the photos up to their own album in my gallery system, go ahead and click the picture above to see them. Sorry, its only three photos.

When I got my feed update e-mail I noticed there was something fishy, none of the entries were showing full data, everything was a summary due to the fact that I accidentally enabled the SummaryBurner in the FeedBurner system. This bug is now fixed and you should be receiving full articles in your emails.

On friday February 29th we went to the hospital at 6:00 AM like the pre-operative scheduling desk told us to the day before. Upon arrival we had to wait about five minutes before we were taken to admitting, the only reason we had to wait for admitting was because the surgeon Dr. Loeff was not going to be releasing me same day due to my neurological condition and immunodeficiency and due to my scoliosis they would have to do the surgery open, not endoscopically. After going through admissions and getting ID bands we went into the POCU (Pre-Operative Care Unit) where mom and dad helped me get changed into hospital clothes and then the nurse came in and took initial vitals readings. After that the anesthesia team and surgeon came in to do a final discussion on everything. We explained to anesthesia that I have breathing problems and take a long time to come out of anesthesia. After that mom and dad were given my surgical ID number that they could track my surgical progress on special plasma screens on tannoy just like at the airport. Around 8:30 I was taken to the operating room and they began with N2O (Nitrous Oxide) breathing as I had instructed them to start this way before insertion of the IV line with the induction agent and anesthesia, after the IV line was placed and the flow was started I was out after about a minute. I woke up in the PACU (Post-Anesthesia Care Unit) After about 30 minutes i was taken up to my inpatient room. On Monday they began my first tube feedings and over the next two days they slowly increased the rate of infusion till I hit 90 cc's per hour. on Wednesday afternoon they called the same company Quality Medical Equipment that I got my powerchair from. They ordered a infusion pump and supplies for same day delivery. We left the hospital at 3:00 PM and got home quickly after stopping at the pharmacy. Around 7:00 PM they delivered the pump and helped us get everything set up to start my first feeding at home at 8:00 PM. Me and mom were pretty quick as i could still do some of the work at the G-Tube end. I will get the photos of the home infusion equipment tomorrow.

Click the picture above for photos.

This months statistics report was late due to me being in the hospital. This report tracks from Feb 1st up to the last minute before March 1st. The report is a 1 MB JPEG image and may take a while to load on slower connections.

This months statistics report was late due to me being in the hospital. This report tracks from Feb 1st up to the last minute before March 1st. The report is a 1 MB JPEG image and may take a while to load on slower connections.