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    • … where she suffered a head injury from a second fall, and a broken wrist from a third. With dementia taking its toll, Fleischer moved to the Anoka Care Center, where she used a wheelchair. Confused and suffering from pneumonia on Nov. 16, 2006, she tried to rise — a strap across her lap hadn’t been …

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    • … instantly knew “it’ll never be the same.” Doloras Fleischer moved to assisted living, where she suffered a head injury from a second fall, and a broken wrist from a third. With dementia taking its toll, Fleischer moved to the Anoka Care Center, where she used a wheelchair. Confused and suffering from …

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    • … the car in front of us. Our van was only traveling 30 mph. My friends weren’t injured because their seatbelts kept them safe. At the time of the crash, my wheelchair was secured with tie downs and I had both my wheelchair seatbelt and my van’s lap/shoulder seatbelts on but none protected me because …

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    • … old self by the time we were ready to head home. Of course, being who she is, she worried about things she didn’t need to worry about… how she was going to get home, for example. I don’t think she believed us when we told her we were going to strap her wheelchair on the top of the van like Granny …

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    • … much better when I am finally able to adapt the van, and just roll her right in and strap her down. Then travel will be a breeze. It’s in the works, just trying to find out the best way to do it on limited funds. I think insurance is going to help us out, and Honda gives $1000 toward adapting …

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    • … pees. Retrieve purse from hall, desk, dresser or back of van. Laughing, tears in eyes. Oh yes. “Where’s my purse?” I don’t even go there anymore. Assist to tidy house or yard - pickup, carry, deposit designated items. How much do they pay these dogs? I don’t think I have that much. Fetch basket …

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    • … into the wheelchair, strap on his seat belt, get onto the lift and lower himself and said chair onto the driveway. In that space of time we often have our most interesting conversations. (Don’t we Ralph?) As I was standing there, this beautiful reflection in the van windows of sun-dappled foliage hit me in the face …

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    • WHO HE IS: The recipient of Project Vandalism’s van. WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW HIM: You might have donated to this good cause. This November marks my 10-year anniversary of being injured with a spinal cord injury. Not knowing what to do on such a date, I had an idea to do something nice for someone else …

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    • … yet, including a defunct computer printer. I stopped the van and looked at those, and looked to see if the one footrest of J’s that was swinging back and forth had banged against the wheelchair. I took it off and put it on the floor. I couldn’t see anything else wrong, so I got back in the driver’s …

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    • … not seem like a difficult thing to acquire, but without the assistance of your abdominal muscles to keep you upright, or the help of the muscles around your trunk to keep you steady, it took hours and hours of work. From the very first day I was in a wheelchair I had a Velcro strap around my chest to keep …




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