My title is Yanquan Wu, which appears like a Taiwanese sausage (ian-tshiâng) and is simple to recollect.

I used to be an unusual, introverted, family-oriented man with hobbies like planting flowers, elevating birds, and fishing. Nevertheless, I had to surrender these hobbies as a consequence of bodily limitations.

I didn’t consider learning laborious was essential once I was youthful, then I turned an apprentice and labored on assembling metal frames. Sadly, accidents occurred throughout my work.

In the future, whereas working at a building website, I climbed to the third flooring. I had taken my normal security measures however didn’t understand that the protection hook had turn into unhooked. Consequently, I fell from the third flooring, and every thing went clean.

After arriving on the hospital in a coma, I wakened the subsequent day and couldn’t really feel my decrease limbs, as in the event that they had been gone.

The physician knowledgeable me that I’ve T9-T11 spinal twine accidents and could also be paralyzed for the remainder of my life. I will probably be bedridden for the rest of my life.

My preliminary ideas had been: Why me? What ought to I do subsequent? The next week, I used to be utterly motionless and didn’t eat. I used to be immersed in destructive feelings and couldn’t settle for the accident, and I used to be at all times in nice bodily ache.

With time, my spouse and my associates stored me firm. My daughter was nonetheless younger and wanted me. After roughly three months, I regularly got here to phrases with my scenario. I started to cheer up and realized to face my challenges.

My philosophy is to “let it’s” and settle for what has occurred. We should always give attention to the long run as a substitute of dwelling on the previous. Our solely choice is to take our present scenario and reside life totally.

When the accident occurred, he was in ache, and I additionally skilled some discomfort, albeit to a lesser diploma. My daughter and I are each very supportive. We tried to be understanding and inspired him.

We’re glad he can reside with pleasure, not in a lot bodily ache.

After recovering, I went to the hospital for therapy. Once I noticed different sufferers within the rehabilitation room, I noticed how lucky I used to be. I can transfer from the waist up, which is a blessing in comparison with utterly paralyzed folks. I felt completely satisfied and grateful. If they will nonetheless do rehabilitation regardless of being utterly paralyzed, why can’t I strive it too?

Aside from receiving rehabilitation therapy on the hospital, a therapist is coming to my house to show me easy workout routines like pulling elastic ropes and standing. I used a Gaiter and stood at a proper angle when practising standing.

When utilizing the Gaiter for rehabilitation, I might really feel drained after standing for a short while, and my toes would begin to bend. Then, my coach (my spouse) would urge me to face straight by looking at me. The period of my standing apply regularly elevated from 30 to 40, 50 minutes, and finally to 1 hour, which was the restrict. My spouse needed to tie the Gaiter for me every day, a posh and laborious job.

Later, my household nurse seen that I used to be standing crookedly and was involved that the rehabilitation impact wouldn’t be important. As an answer, he really helpful Karma’s standing wheelchair Ergo Stand.

KARMA’s Ergo Stand enabled me to face up and launch the strain on my toes, considerably lowering the discomfort and ache brought on by cramps. Moreover, I not required earlier assistive units, saving me a lot effort and time. This new standing wheelchair has additionally benefited my rehabilitation, as I can now stand upright.

Additionally, I don’t have to fret about having sufficient power to push the wheelchair after utilizing my “Ergo Stand” as a result of it’s an electrical wheelchair. With easy operations, I can drive the wheelchair for a stroll at any time.

With the “Ergo Stand“, he can carry issues alone with out our assist and ease our workload. Generally, he goes to the market alone to purchase one thing, and I don’t have to fret an excessive amount of or push him round like earlier than; it additionally permits me to take care of my affairs.

On the birthday of my discharge from the hospital, my daughter shocked me by shopping for a sponge cake. At first, I used to be disillusioned by the cake’s look and thought, “Why did they get such a easy cake for my birthday?”

Nevertheless, I used to be overjoyed once I found that my daughter and spouse had hidden a shock inside for me to drag out. The extra I pulled, the happier I turned. I felt grateful for his or her thoughtfulness.