October 9 - "Over the River and Through the Woods..." (Reintegration #3)

For AJ's 3rd outing we took a trip to Grandma & Grandpa Hunt's house. Our family has made lots of fun visits to Grandma's house through the years, so it's a special place for AJ  to be! Grandma and Grandpa were so happy to see him and AJ had a great time visiting with them.

As AJ visited with his grandparents, the therapist and I  measured the house and discussed the possibilities of living there when AJ is released. AJ will need special equipment, but it's hard to decide what equipment to buy since a lot of it will require remodeling, and AJ may not need it for very long.:) With that in mind, we were happy to discover that the home will only require minor remodeling with some specialized equipment.  So, living at Grandma and Grandpa's will be a done deal if our therapist can get the insurance to allow the equipment that we need.

One more complication....The van we bought arrived yesterday, so we thought it would be good for AJ to test it out while he was at the house.  As he was rolling into the van, suddenly his forehead made contact with the door frame!  Yep...he's too tall for the van! haha  The therapist said that it's because of size of the wheelchair and that he can order one that will work. But, hey, it just gives AJ one more reason to be in a manual chair when we leave here!