Last weekend we went to the SC State Museum with Debbie and her service dog, Apollo. Below is a picture of us next to the sign for the museum—the first of many in this picture-rich story! (In all the pictures I am in my power wheelchair wearing a mint green […]
I am training Alice to be more comfortable around my wheelchair. Part of that involves training her to do a paws-up on my footplate so I can pick her up. Brad videotaped the end of our second training session on this today. Alice has it down pat!!! What a smart […]
Twice now I’ve taken Alice on morning walkies next to my wheelchair. She’s a little hesitant about getting too close to it in the house, so I figured getting out and moving would help her realize it can be a fun thing. Her position is pretty in line with me, […]
Today I took Alice to Academy Sports for a training outing! (Picture and video below). I needed to work on her walking past people and doing things on the floor generally, and she’s not yet comfortable enough walking next to my wheelchair so I had to walk it. We went […]
Today I met with a physical therapist about my hips. The appointment was originally for yesterday afternoon, but there was some issue with their system, so it got moved to this morning at 9AM. I don’t know what I was thinking making an appointment for that early because normally I […]
Today I took Alice to Ross for the first time. It was quite a complicated store, even though we did go first thing in the morning! They did not have sliding doors, which are the type of door Alice prefers. They had regular doors that you have to pull open. […]
