I think this is something very important to all of us. It would be very helpful if everyone wrote a letter to their member of Congress and let them know how...
The lists heave been very quite for the past 3 days, just checking to make sure I'm not bouncing. I hope everyone had a good Fourth. Adele _____ I am using the...
Hope you had a good Fourth too..guess its that summer slump and everyone busy..hope noone is sick...we finally found a doc who does only house visits to come...
Glad to hear that Tracy is getting the medical care he needs. You are so lucky to find people that will come to the house. I refuse to go to an ER anymore....
Adele, I was talking to someone I know who went to an ER in a small town a couple of hours drive from us and she was seen right away. She said it was...
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Jul 6, 2009 1:38 pm
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I'm really with you on that Adele...my son in law cut his finger on a broken coffee carafe last week and the ER tech..sewed and packed the cuts..and by the...
But that has it's good and bad sides. Good, that she was taken right away, bad that most of the doctors will not know how to care for our sons. Yes, I know,...
Thats good..we always had that too but son many of of docs..left or died unfortunately. we do have one who has know Tracy for yrs. and he runs the sleep...
I work as a rad tech in a rural hospital with 125 beds and busy ER dept.? Any patient with chest pains and a history of heart problems gets a room immediately...
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Jul 7, 2009 1:31 am
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We live in East Texas....my son has been to a couple of the hospitals, but they have always told me to take my son to Childrens also as they just dont know...
This is what we as parents have to deal with. I think the key to getting good Emergency Room Treatment is to find a doctor at your local ER before you need...
I know there are some states where the parent can be paid as the caretaker of a handicapped child. Can anyone tell me how to find out more info on this? Who...
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Jul 8, 2009 5:43 am
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Here in Maryland, we have two programs that wil pay parents to care for their kids. One is through Medicaid and the other is through DDA. You can contact...
What state are you in?? In VA it goes thru Medicaid, its a waiver and if approved it can be a family member I am not sure about a parent..does the child...
In VA a family member can care for the individual as long as they are not immediate family or live in the same house. The program is called EDCD Waiver, my...
Here in Arizona the child must be 18 yrs old for one of the parents to be a paid caregiver. My son turns 18 this August and I will be one of his paid...
While I was at the PPMD conference last month, I ran into a women who is the South African PPMD. She was telling us about how bad it is there when it comes to...
Adele, I will talk to Jeff we do have Jimmy's old one what we were keeping for a spare. I will talk to Jeff and see about donating it. I will give you a call...
Does PPMD in South Africa donate the chair to other boys or are they sold to them? Many places in Africa get Donations and then sell them cheap. Diane ... ...
Our ministry can buy manual wheelchairs for $250 each in Kenya and that's loads cheaper than here in the US. I would imagine power chairs are cheaper there as...
Great. I was planning on doing the same with Jason's old chair, But just trying to get it charged has been a problerm. He hasn't used it since getting the...
Donate any chair to Spirit Roller Ministries, we give to everyone in need =) Michael Keen, Spirit Roller Ministries-Director Commissioned Minister Phone:...
Probably needs new batteries; run you about $212 for both. Michael Keen, Spirit Roller Ministries-Director Commissioned Minister Phone: 804-477-1802 Cell:...
Yesterday I was rudely asking for donated wheelchairs. Sorry guys for not introducing Spirit Roller Ministries! We are a ministry that helps others with...
I still have Alex's chair. It won't charge but there are two possible reasons. The first (and most likely reason) was that the kill switch wiring was bad....
Terri, was that email intended for me? If it was we will take the chair and get it fixed. Michael Keen, Spirit Roller Ministries-Director Commissioned...