WOW, and I thought that breaking my leg when my chair brakes failed was traumatic! But here you are still contributing to this group, thank goodness.
Glad that you made it through what had to have been a miserable time of your life. Joan From: lwillis...@yahoo.com [mailto:lwillis...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 10:17 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions Back in the nineties I bought a brand new Caravan, an IMS conversion. The tie-down was a floor-post with the latch on the chair. In the first month it released me twice without cause. Fortunately I was going slow and able to stop both times. Until.... On July 14 I backed out of my parents drive. I pulled it into drive and pulled back on the accelerator. The van lurched forward....and my tie-down released. The van picked up speed and I went rolling helplessly to the back of the van. I left the road, jumped a ditch, and hit a large tree head-on at 45 mph. I was thrown forward violently and jammed under the dashboard. The van was totaled. It took EMT nearly three hours to get me out. My chair was bent like a pretzel, my legs broke and knees shattered, concussion and internal bleeding. The docs wanted to amputate my legs but I refused. Today they stay bent and spastic and make me miserable. I should have let them cut. Anyway, that's how I broke my legs. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> Date: March 28, 2015 at 10:34:02 PM EDT To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Cushions Hit a tree in my van. I'll fill in the details tomorrow. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com From: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> Date: March 28, 2015 at 8:53:11 PM EDT To: Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cushions Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT <r.pra...@sbcglobal.net> How did you break your legs Larry? I would like to hear the story............................. Ron On Saturday, March 28, 2015 7:37 PM, Larry Willis <lwillis82...@gmail.com> wrote: For the first 25 years of my quad life I used a simple ten dollar inflatable cushion....or nothing. I never had even a hint of a sore. Then I broke both legs and had to wear casts for six months. The lousy things created awful sores on my heels, ankles, knees, everywhere the cast touched with any pressure. It was like that opened the floodgates. I have fought sores constantly since then. They simply will not heal. I have three right now -- on my butt, hip, and ankle. Had them for over five years. I have resigned to take them with me to the grave. I am near 63 years old; can't be that much longer. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it
