[tri-med] Re: wheelchairs

On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 05:44 PM, Judith Wolpert wrote:

>
> kam's orthopedic dr said the tumbleform just sets up her back to curve 
> like
> a C.  not good given her hip sublixation.  she needs something with a 
> flat
> bottom and a lumbar support to make her hips flex forward.
> hope that helps.  it was not an issue until after she was sitting up 
> more
> like over 2 years old.
> jude, mom to derek-16, kelsey-14 and
> kameron-5-full trisomy 18
>

Thanks, Jude!  You're probably right that it's not too much of an issue 
until later (Keren's definitely not sitting on her own yet :) ).  It's 
definitely a good tidbit to store away for the future.... I'll mention 
it to our PT.


Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren, T18, 5 mo. and counting! :) )
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