Melissa,
We didn't buy or rent anything after Jamie's surgery. We are lucky enough to have a walk in shower with a built-in seat, which she used for the first week or two and then she was back to showering in her own shower without a seat. She never needed a grabber thing, raised toilet seat or anything else. The chair she found most comfortable was a wooden rocking chair with a high back. We simply put a regular bed pillow behind her back to make it a little more comfortable.
Jamie only had about two hours total of tutoring and she went to school and sat in the library with her teacher without any problem. At meal time, she sat at the table as usual--no pillows or special chair needed.
Really, the only thing we did special for Jamie was to bring her bed downstairs. For the first two weeks, she slept downstairs and I slept on the couch. By the end of the first week at home, I could have slept upstairs because she just didn't need me. We put one of her sister's beds in Jamie's room and she started sleeping upstairs after being home about two weeks, but kept her own bed downstairs in case she wanted to lie down while watching TV (we don't have TV's upstairs), or take a short nap after school. Remember, Jamie returned to school p.t. at about 4 1/2 weeks, so she sometimes rested downstairs.
My advice would be to wait until you see how she does in the hospital before ordering anything for the house.
Mary Lou
We didn't buy or rent anything after Jamie's surgery. We are lucky enough to have a walk in shower with a built-in seat, which she used for the first week or two and then she was back to showering in her own shower without a seat. She never needed a grabber thing, raised toilet seat or anything else. The chair she found most comfortable was a wooden rocking chair with a high back. We simply put a regular bed pillow behind her back to make it a little more comfortable.
Jamie only had about two hours total of tutoring and she went to school and sat in the library with her teacher without any problem. At meal time, she sat at the table as usual--no pillows or special chair needed.
Really, the only thing we did special for Jamie was to bring her bed downstairs. For the first two weeks, she slept downstairs and I slept on the couch. By the end of the first week at home, I could have slept upstairs because she just didn't need me. We put one of her sister's beds in Jamie's room and she started sleeping upstairs after being home about two weeks, but kept her own bed downstairs in case she wanted to lie down while watching TV (we don't have TV's upstairs), or take a short nap after school. Remember, Jamie returned to school p.t. at about 4 1/2 weeks, so she sometimes rested downstairs.
My advice would be to wait until you see how she does in the hospital before ordering anything for the house.
Mary Lou
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