I’ve mentioned it before, but we were given a stair lift a few years ago. Someone had offered us one, but upon them turning it on to check it out, it didn’t run. They said it could be just a small simple wiring issue, but they really weren’t sure. Rather than working to figure it out and sell it, we found it plunked on our driveway the day we came back from the elementary schools performance of Frozen Jr two years ago. It didn’t fit the stair setup of our modified bi-level at the time, but we were very grateful and packed it up to see where we landed next.
Fast forward to moving last year. We had good plans to get the lift installed basically as we moved in, just so we wouldn’t have to later. Not that Brady needed it, per se, but we knew eventually he would, and why not have it in place before then!
But then had that seizure and messed everything up 🤣 And then brain surgery, and then all kinds of things, aaaaand now we’re here, super needing it.
A loving friend came and got the thing up and running recently, and even installed it in place!
And tonight, we officially cracked it out so Brady could go downstairs, and we could have a movie night 💜
Ok so I forgot to take a picture of Brady in it today, but Dekker rode it the other day 🤣
It was a little hands on getting him down there, lol! That wasn’t the lifts fault. We are still hoping to find a second beater basement wheelchair for him to move around in, but since we don’t have one, Dekker disassembled his chair, and he and I carried it down, piece by piece, overtop of Bradys head as he sat perched at the bottom of the stairs. It was definitely a bit of a labour of love, but we definitely love him and have no regrets 💜 It was very much worth it.
I am SO grateful for this lift. It means Brady can actually go downstairs where we can do fun things as a group where we fit a little bit better. We could not have it without the generosity of someone at Brady’s work, gifting us the lift originally, as well as that of a friend here in town who came on more than one occasion to get it set up for us.
Thank you LORD for consistently providing ALL we could want or need!