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| Pong on a Reclining Wheelchair With Ah Yan(neice), Ah Kam(Red Blouse), Lucy(Blue Shirt) |
Pong went to Singapore, with the help of funds from different people, to get a special wheelchair made by Mr Lee of Delcon Technologies. Her dream of becoming a motivational speaker came true when she spoke to the employees of Pteris Global and Cisco Recall in Singapore.
Pteris Global and Cisco Recall donated a wheelchair to her and they took her to several places of interest in Singapore including Singapore Flyer and Garden in the Bay! Here are some pictures while she was there.
The Singaporean
Physiotherapist assures Pong that
sitting
upward will greatly improve blood circulation
in the urinary
system.
Hence,Pong needs to be very discipline after this trip, ie: perform her daily exercise to strengthen her spinal muscle. Eventually, she should be able to transfer herself independently from wc to bed to floor. It takes time but it is ACHIEVABLE.
A solid foam bed
is
needed for her to perform her daily
therapy. She can also email
Mr Lee
of Delcon Technology about her
performance/development every quarterly. The Physiotherapist
will
also help
to review and provide the next course of therapy exercise. The modified wheel
chair
will be
completed in about 3 weeks
for
Pong.
The two kind-hearted
Singaporeans look forward to see
her transferring herself independently when she goes to
Singapore to give another
motivating speech, hopefully to United World College!
She now can finally sit up after 26 years!
Pong's group arrived in KL for a few days after the Singapore trip. We now have to sort out how to transport her on a manual wheelchair without the appropriate disabled van!!
Her stumps are bleeding due to the trial trips with the manual wheelchair, so we have to be careful these few days.
Here are the steps in the next few years:
1. Get special wheelchair and others appropriate hardware
2. Ensure physiotherapies are appropriate at the Ipoh side so she can sit up, and there is proper home care ( cement floor fixing, security etc) - reduce risk of stroke, heart attack.
3. Appeal for much needed surgery at a hospital in KL -- use colon to make urinary tube
4. Appeal for reduced rate or complementary sugery. Fundraise whatever necessary to get the surgery done and the medical care for healing of wounds.
5. Long term physiotherapy + a van for the wheelchair in Ipoh
6. Tackle other health problems -shrunken kidney ( from laying on trolley too long) and leukemia.
Pong's group arrived in KL for a few days after the Singapore trip. We now have to sort out how to transport her on a manual wheelchair without the appropriate disabled van!!
Her stumps are bleeding due to the trial trips with the manual wheelchair, so we have to be careful these few days.
Here are the steps in the next few years:
1. Get special wheelchair and others appropriate hardware
2. Ensure physiotherapies are appropriate at the Ipoh side so she can sit up, and there is proper home care ( cement floor fixing, security etc) - reduce risk of stroke, heart attack.
3. Appeal for much needed surgery at a hospital in KL -- use colon to make urinary tube
4. Appeal for reduced rate or complementary sugery. Fundraise whatever necessary to get the surgery done and the medical care for healing of wounds.
5. Long term physiotherapy + a van for the wheelchair in Ipoh
6. Tackle other health problems -shrunken kidney ( from laying on trolley too long) and leukemia.
