March 13, 2008 - Brianna's Chair

Okay, so the big news of the week: we finally had Brianna measured for her manual wheelchair! We're going for the metallic purple frame with the black upholstery and lavender accents. And it'll have her name embroidered on the seat back. It will take probably two months to get the chair, from the therapists writing the letters, to the doctor sending the referral to insurance, to insurances approval, and the creation of the chair. So maybe by Brianna's birthday, we'll have her wheelchair! That would be so awesome!

In other news, we get to start moving into our brand new 3 bedroom apartment on Wednesday. Well, not brand new. But new to us. It's in the same complex, just with an extra bedroom, a half bathroom downstairs, and a few extra feet of living room. So MAYBE we will have room to put up the dining table, even with Brianna's therapy equipment in the living area.

While this new three bedroom means more room, it is still a two story, and it is still not wheelchair accessible. So I really need to find someplace more suited for our needs. Towards this end, I intend to go down to the housing authority and fill out paperwork to be put on the HUD housing list. Where Brianna is disabled, we'll be bumped to the top of the list. That way, we can maybe find a three bedroom one story house and be able to afford it. That would be awesome. Have a third bedroom to put her therapy equipment in, and still have it one story, so dragging out the equipment isn't a total hassle. Plus, I could set up my scrapbooking stuff in the extra room, too. So it'd serve dual purposes.

So that's the news on this front. What's new with you?