----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:40
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Drinking in
bed
I use something called a Camelback
Backpack.
It's a backpack that has a bladder that holds
water. It has a flexable tube you use to drink through. You lightly bite the
tip to open it and drink. Once you let go, it locks tight shut.
It's a bladder that comes out and has a large
cap. I fill it with ice water and put it back in the case. It stays cold
almost all night. I clip the tube to my pillow. I do have to turn my head to
get to it.
I also have just a regular backpack
that has the same bladder in it. I fill it up
when we go out on hot days.
On top click on "hydration small" or "hydration
large"
Or on the bottom click on
"Camelback
Greg
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 9:12 PM
Subject: [QUAD-L] Drinking in bed
Hi everyone
I have a question, those of you like me, who cannot reach for a drink at
night, what you do to stay hydrated throughout the night. I only have a PCA
that comes in the morning for four hours, and a private PCA that comes for one
hour to put me to bed at 9 p.m.. From 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. I am dependent on
various people to give me a drink. And from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. I often get very
thirsty. And I just bought a drink straw (J. A. M straw) for $47 hoping that
it would solve the problem. Unfortunately I do not have enough movement to
turn my head far enough so that I do not have to have the straw hanging
straight down over my mouth, which means that it touches me whenever I moved
my face -- rather annoying. It also has a very hard end which is not
comfortable to grab hold of, and if I do take a drink I have to blow the water
back up the straw so that it does not drip on my face. Do any of you have any
suggestions? I live alone with two handicapped guys that have been with me for
25 years. They are very good at helping me out, but this drink problem has me
stifled. Looking forward to some awesome answers.
Joan
