Jim, I know what you mean. I had to get my wound VAC two years ago in the hospital. You must have a lot of patience to be confined to the in bed, I'm so thankful that you have your equipment so you can operate everything. We can only survive so long without the Internet. I feel that way at least. It keeps me sane, if I have a sore.
You are so awesome, Jim. I will pray for you. I can imagine what life would be like without the quad list. It is such an amazing site and I'm so grateful to you and the Lord that allowed you to survive, and bei such inspiration to the world of quads. Thank you Jim Dana In a message dated 1/21/2014 9:19:04 P.M. Central Standard Time, ddh...@sbcglobal.net writes: Wow, Jim, sure hope you get better soon, I'd hate to get stuck in bed, I only have a Queen regular bed...Sometime I may need to get a bed that the head with lift up and down and an alternating pressure mattress, So far I just sleep with a pillow under my rear keeping me turned and half thru the night, I get turned the other way. Dan H** From: Jim Lubin <jlu...@eskimo.com> To: "wheelch...@aol.com" <wheelch...@aol.com> Cc: James Lubin <jlu...@eskimo.com>; Bobbie Humphreys <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com>; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Days in bed 2013 they briefly discussed a wound vac, but it would have involved a stay in the hospital. I'm too paranoid of getting any infections going to a hospital. This year makes 25 years and the only respiratory infection I have ever had was year 1 while in rehab. Over the year it went from 2.7cm deep to 1cm deep now. Might heal faster if I completely get off it but I have not been, just on the alternating air mattress. On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, <_wheelchair@aol.com_ (mailto:wheelch...@aol.com) > wrote: Sorry to hear that Jim. Are you also using a wound vac? Best Wishes In a message dated 1/21/2014 6:33:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, _jlubin@eskimo.com_ (mailto:jlu...@eskimo.com) writes: I've been in bed since December 2012. I've only been getting out of bed into my chair once a month to go to the wound clinic. I use to hate being in bed but have realized what the problem was that with my adaptive input not setup to use from bed I couldn't do anything. Now that I can use the computer from bed and control the tv/dvr using a slingbox, I can do everything I would normally be doing from bed. No need to get dressed, do transfers in and out of bed saving about an hour a day to do something else. My would was small but deep. I was given the option of flap surgery but that would require going to the hospital then a nursing home. No thanks. So it's healing slowly, no infections. My nurses change the packing in the wound daily. Jim
