Quote from: ryand2021 on October 19, 2021, 03:06:23 AMIf this is the case I will recommend stay at the hotel during first few weeks until you're able to comfortably stand up and make a few steps with a walker. Until then you will probably need an accessible vehicle to transfer you and the wheelchair around. Paley has the accessible shuttle, but I'm not sure the cost of accessible taxi. During this time you will need a caregiver at least during daytime.
Once you can stand, move with a walker and slowly transfer in & out of vehicle without a wheelchair, you no longer need an accessible vehicle and you will leave your wheelchair at home when you go to PT. At that point you may move to a cheaper Airbnb. If you travel alone, you will still need daycare on an ad hoc basis such as cleaning, helping you pack stuff, etc. Staying at a hotel may help you save some of these charges because hotel staff can help you clean in some of the cases.
Getting into a car is slightly more difficult than getting onto a wheelchair from your bed because you can "slide" from bed to chair, but you're usually unable to "slide" from wheelchair to a car seat. However once you can stand up from your bed with a walker, move around, and use restroom independently, wheelchair will be mostly abandoned unless it's long distance transfers (in an airport terminal, etc.).
That’s helpful to know. You mentioned that it takes a few weeks to stand up from bed with a walker, move around, and use restroom independently. But how many weeks did it take you and other people to do that from the day of surgery? Do you think it’d be fine to take regular Uber without the accessible feature one month after the femur surgery?
