What are Handicap Lifts?
When I returned home from the hospital, I was greeted by a cheering, crying crowd of friends and relatives. I attempted to smile, but when my wife and little girl came before me,i started crying. It had been over a year since I had seen my daughter in the flesh, and I couldn’t contain myself. Generally soldiers are perceived to be tough, but it is all right for the fathers and husbands to cry a bit some times. I was not aware what i should look forward to or how she is going to feel about my new mode of transport. Last fall I was injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq and since then I have been paralyzed from the waist down. My daughter, Sarah, just smiled and said “Daddy.”
It has been several months since then and I still worry about my family. I worry about how they are going to take car of me. To start wth, i had no clue on how they are going to move me into our van. That was the time when my wife started inquiring about handicap lifts.Handicap lifts are devices that help disabled people get from their wheelchairs into their vehicles. It looks a bit like your own private swing that is attached to a luggage rack. You simply take a seat in your lift and then you can easily be moved to your vehicle. All handicap lifts have wheels on the bottom, so it is easy to move someone on the driveway right up to the car seat. Handicap liftsalso have hand cranks that allow you to lift someone as high as you need to easily transfer them into the vehicle. Once the person is sitting comfortably in the car, most of the handicap lifts could be folded and easily stored in a trunk or backseat. They do not even need to be disassembled.
Although it was very difficult for me or my family to cope with my new condition, handicap lifts paved the way for a smoother transition. Atleast we need not be bothered about how to transport daddy in and out of the family minivan. And mommy doesn’t have to start weight lighting or eating raw eggs so she can lift me into my seat.This new handicap lift is a great addition to our already installed stair lift in the house, and makes every day easier.
