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Rollator nightmare!

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mum2seb · 05/06/2006 19:50

My ds has Spina Bifida, and at 2 (on Sunday!), he's still not walking on his own. He is trying, though, so the physio said it would be a good idea to get him a rollator. Thing is, he's too small to use one of the rollators from the local special schools nursery, so she had to order one through the hospital. She said it would take 2 weeks - we've been waiting 16 weeks now! She didn't even check where it had got to for 5 weeks, and then she admitted about a month ago, that she didn't think that the bloke had ordered it for 2 months!!! I'm livid! Ds is really trying to walk, and he just can't do it on his own! He uses a brick trolley that dh has adapted around the house, but it's not really suitable to take outside. I'm so angry and upset. This is really holding back a little boy who has enough wrong with him to be held back anyway! Any ideas, anyone? I've told the HV, who has said she'll put in a clinical incident form, and I'm seeing one of ds consultants on Wednesday (I'll talk to him too).

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2shoes · 05/06/2006 21:32

i don't know what a rollator is. is it like a walker.
really winds me up when this happens. we always seem to have to wait ages for equipment. when I chase it up I find out it has only just been ordered. hope you don't have to wait too long.
is there no where that can lend you one?

chatee · 06/06/2006 07:07

my dd was using a rollator/k walker at the age of 2 years and that was just supplied from the local hospital physio/ot departments....mentioned 1 week to try and brought around the following week....
the k walkers weem to be colour sized with silver being the smallest then green, red and blue as they get bigger
dd is currently on red and is adamant her next one will be yellow or pink(her fave colours)Shock
good luck in getting hold of a rollator/k walker quickly

chatee · 06/06/2006 07:08

not weem supposed to be seenBlush

geekgrrl · 06/06/2006 07:13

Put in a formal complaint - ring the hospital to find out how.
very Angry on your behalf. It's their job FFS, can't be that hard to remember or get right, can it?

mum2seb · 06/06/2006 15:17

Thanks everyone. We're going to the hospital tomorrow to see ds paeds consultant, so we'll look in to making a formal complaint then. I've really had enough! I'm 7 weeks pregnant at the moment, too, so I'd like to try and get ds being reasonably independent asap, really (I might be living in cloud cuckoo land on that one, but hey-ho!). Maybe I should use that approach tomorrow! Especially as I have a history of back problems (not on a par with ds, though!).

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chatee · 08/06/2006 12:49

how did it go at the hospital???

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