Sunday, June 07, 2009

My vacation - part 2

During our wheelchair-monorail adventure, we encountered the nicest people you can think of.
First on our trip from Grand Floridian to Epcot, a nice family offered my mom to help her with getting me safe down the ramp at the TTC. The husband made sure my wheelchair was not going down down down fast, lol. Once we got down safely, they offered to drive us to Epcot. Which was like the husband would first drive us to Ecpot and then drive back to the Magic Kingdom to pick up his wife and two small children. I can't believe that people are so nice, because basically, we were complete strangers, we had only been in the monorail together for two steps! It was very nice, but I felt so bad for the children who were (half) asleep that we declined. I don't know the name of these people, but you were so nice, thank you so much!!!!

I then waited about an hour at the TTC while my mom went to Mousegear in Epcot to do my last-minute shopping; she got everything except one kitchen item. When she got back to the TTC, she tried to push me up the ramp towards the resort monorail. It was hilarious in some way, because there was no way that was going to work. She is short, I am heavy, that ramp is LONG!! Thankfully, a nice gentleman offered to push me up. Once again, such a nice person, thank you so much!
When we were on the monorail, I told her the Contemporary had boutiques we didn't visit yet, I told her to just leave me in the monorail station while she went speed-shopping for the spoon rest I wanted. While we were once again on the monorail, we met another very very very nice couple. The husband was in a wheelchair because of some illness, the wife had some inside information about Disney, and they gave me all these tips on who to contact at Disney for compensation regarding my fall. They were so nice to me, I don't know your name, and you'll probably never end up reading my blog, but I also want to thank you!
Thankfully, the Contemporary boutique had what I wanted, and we could continue to the Grand Floridian again (thank goodness for elevators to reach the monorail, yeah!)

At the Grand Floridian, we went to the concierge, asked them to call AS Sports, where they had promised to come pick me up whenever I was ready. However, they could not be reached, so the Grand Floridian sent their private driver with us to the AS Sports!

While I still felt miserable because of a lot of things (pain being the main one), I could really appreciate the efforts Disney made to make it a little more comfortable for us.

In the end, after I got home and went to doctors here and had extra tests done, it turned out my injury was way worse than just a sprain. The cartilage in my knee is completely ruined. It has been more than a month that I am on sick leave, at least one more month to go. I get injections with replacement cartilage in my knee, am going almost daily to physical therapy and I swallow pain medication like Dr House.
The doctors told me that while I might not completely recover, in the end I will be able to walk somewhat decently again, enough to go shopping and visit Disney. I really really hope they are right.

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