I may have figured out an idea. Jim is due for a new wheelchair since the one he has is to big for him now. We are going for a test drive on the Ibot wheelchair that climbs stairs. The va has been leary of these chairs in the past but now have a contract with them. If Jim passes the test drive with Ibot we can request the va to get him one. Now, the va has a more strict policy for them but we can't see any reason why they would say no. I measured my stairs and ran the numbers passed the Ibot rep and he said our stairs are fine for the Ibot. Wish us luck. We will get a call from Ibot in a week to see if they have a test drive set up in Rockford soon. If not, we'll travel to Indianapolis on Sept. 5th. In the meantime we'll run this pass the spinal cord doctor on the 12th.

If they approve Jim for the Ibot we wont need an elevator or nothing! Here it is in action: Ibot