DD in boot

[KalBen]

My dd has to continue to wear a boot another 3 weeks for a foot injury. Unfortunately, we are headed to Disney next week. She can walk on it, but I know it's going to be very sore with the amount of walking we are doing. At the same time, I think renting a wheelchair is overkill as she is quite athletic and mobile even with her boot. Any suggestions as to how we should proceed?

 

[SMD]

My dd has to continue to wear a boot another 3 weeks for a foot injury. Unfortunately, we are headed to Disney next week. She can walk on it, but I know it's going to be very sore with the amount of walking we are doing. At the same time, I think renting a wheelchair is overkill as she is quite athletic and mobile even with her boot. Any suggestions as to how we should proceed?

You could look into renting a knee scooter, but having seen them in action in a crowded park, a wheelchair is easier to navigate. You don't have to use the chair all day, she might even want to push it like a walker to take the stress off the foot. Over the course of a long trip, her other leg will get sore compensating for the slight height difference between the boot and her other shoe.

 

[anonymousegirl]

While normally your DD may be quite mobile, using a boot for all that walking (often 6 + miles PER DAY), she will be quite worn out and slow the party down as you will need to adapt to her gait.

Rent a pediatric chair from off site as it will be more comfortable than an adult size. She can use it on and off during the day (example: park it in Fantasyland and then pick it up again when you head off to Frontierland). You will also have it if everything just becomes too much and she is exhausted.

 

[kesajen]

Our last trip, I was wearing a boot. It was painful after about a half day of walking. If she is able, a knee scooter is a good option. But pushing on the other leg all day can also be just as tiring and bad for that limb. I got a lift for my other shoe, called "Even-up" from the place who casted me. It has a sole, and rubber sandle-like straps that wrap on a sneaker. It gives the good leg just enough lift to be even with the boot. Makes walking more even and comfortable.
So either a wheelchair, an ECV or a knee scooter may be considered. Have a good time!!

 

[JennyDrake]

I went to WDW last year after surgery for Achilles rupture. I was out of the boot (for a whopping 10 days!) after having been casted for 3, long, long months. Around the house and about town I was not using the boot or any other assistance. I'm a frequent visitor to WDW and I DO know about the walking involved, still I was reticent as I was supposed to walk as much as tolerated. My friend gong w/me all but insisted I rent a wc. BOY WAS SHE RIGHT. Rented from walker Mobility and had an excellent experience.

We would use the chair to get me into the park, then park it and I would walk as much as tolerated. Even w/ frequent rest, elevation and ice, 2-2.5 hours of total "leg time" was my limit. I found standing in line for attractions more tiring that just walking.

If I had not started out renting from off site, I can tell you that by the end of Day 1 I would have been making a phone call.

I used a knee scooter but it would have been EXHAUSTING to use at WDW and impractical on the hills and uneven walkways of AK.

 

[ttintagel]

A wheelchair would be overkill for a normal week at home, but a week at WDW is nothing like a normal week at home. Most people walk somewhere in the neighborhood of eight miles a day. And as other have said, nothing ties her to staying in the wheelchair 24/7; she can just use it whenever she feels the need.