My partner got in an accident and broke both ankles. Since one was only a hairline fracture, they sent him home with crutches, but he hasn’t been able to use them, and he’s just been getting around on an office chair. Since the crash was on Saturday, we haven’t been able to contact insurance until today about getting a wheelchair. The follow-up Ortho appointment is tomorrow, and insurance just keeps saying they need time to tell us where we can get one. It’s looking like we won’t get a wheelchair by the appointment, so hopefully, the Ortho will have a wheelchair, or I will be bringing him to his appointment on an office chair.
I don’t know if we’re missing other places to contact. The ER didn’t know where to send us and said to wait until Monday to call insurance, and insurance doesn’t know either. I don’t know what they expect or who to ask about this. I don’t want to have to buy a wheelchair outright, and I haven’t been able to find any medical resupply stores in my area.
Zola said:
Goodwills/thrift stores usually have many wheelchairs.
Ok, I will try to check some today after work.
Or check with a nursing home if there is one near you. They might let you borrow one while you figure it out. At the place where my father was, they had like 9 of them clogging up the storage room. People die and leave them behind, I guess. If you happen to know anyone working in that kind of place or assisted living place, they might be able to help you out temporarily.
Checked Amazon, even if I ordered the day of the accident, the fastest would have been here Wednesday, or around the time we probably won’t need it anymore.