Oh great! We go in four days and now...

Just a stupid question what kind of health insurance wouldnt pay if you had taken DD to a hospital emergency room since your Dr wasn't available? There was no oncall available?
I have a DD15 and DS5, if one of them gets hurt and Dr not available. I call PCP at the office the service makes a note of the call and says go to Emergency room.
My company is changing insurances I hope the new one is as accomodating.
 

DH sprained his ankle last July before we went to WDW in August. He felt so bad! We were rollerblading and he was trying to do some fast turns. He had sprained his other ankle in Mexico a few year before so that one was not too strong either. The first time it took months to heal properly. The second time he went to a better doctor (different insurance) and he also told DH to get an air cast. The second time the ankle healed much faster and he could walk on it sooner with the cast. It was about $50, there are different sizes, and he got it at a medical supply store. We had to call about 10 before we found one that carried one! Good luck!
 
We got in to see the oncall doctor today and got x-rays. No fracture, but she has ruptured a tendon which he said could take at least as long as a fracture to heal.:( Probably several weeks. He said what everyone else is saying about getting her a wheelchair. He mentioned the air cast and said we could do that but she might just be more hot and miserable at WDW with it.
I guess now I'll try and get a first floor room at CBR. I hope that will be possible:confused: .

Oh well... we are still going to have an awsome trip!::yes::

Thanks everybody!:wave2:
 
About first floor rooms at CBR (and POR) - in the past (see our travel dates below!) we have found those rooms to be a bit damp, and even moldy. Mousekeeping will try to spruce it up for you, with new shower curtains and a bit of extra scrubbing, but it didn't help my DD who had the mold allergy. They'll move you if need be, though!
 
Sounds like she probably didn't fracture but may have pulled or torn a tendon in her foot. She should probably remain non-weightbearing for a little while longer -- the suggestions about a wheelchair are probably a good idea. Keep up the Rest, Ice, Compression and elevate... a good adage to reduce swelling and pain. She has to start moving her ankle right away though, don't let her keep it still anymore.

Good luck!
 
As Safari Steve mentioned, people under 18 are not allowed to rent the ECVS in the parks. I have no personal experience with the outside rental places, but I have been told they also will not rent ecvs for use by someone under 18.
Here are the offsite rental places that DIS posters report renting from:
Care Medical:
http://www.caremedicalequipment.com/
Phone (407) 856-2273 • Toll Free U.S and Canada (800) 741-2282

Walker Mobility:
1-888-726-6837
www.walkermobility.com

RANDY'S Mobility is in Kissimmee 407-892-4777
http://randysmobility.com/

Colonial Medical
http://www.colonialmed.com/about_cms.html
(800)747-0246

http://www.scootaround.com/ Not much feedback. Several people who reported they had no problems.

Randy's requires that someone be there for delivery and pick up. The rest will deliver to Bell Services and leave it for you.
I can attest that people using wheelchairs don't get to the head of the lines and sometimes have to wait longer to board (our record is an extra 40 minutes wait for the Safari at AK when people in the "regular" line had less than a 5 minute wait.)
AK and the Studio have almost 100% wheelchair accessible lines. Epcot and MK have some lines that are not totally accessible, but that's because they are older parks and there was no way to make them totally accessible. For those rides that don't have accessible lines, when the park is not busy, the CM may sometimes take the wheelchair user in right away. But that is because it is more convenient right then for the CM to handle the wheelchair party, not as a "perk" or advantage to the wheelchair user. For some rides, wheelchair users need to board at the exit. In most cases, they will wait in the regular line until just before the boarding area, and then they are pulled off to the exit. Even though they disappear from the line, they usually will be waiting at the exit to board approximately the same amount of time they would have waited to board in the regular line. When we ride Buzz Lightyear, we often see the people who were right ahead of us in line as they exit while we are still waiting at the exit to get on.
Someone mentioned a Guest Assistance Card. You can go to Guest Services in any of the parks and request a Guest Assistance Card (we call them GACs to avoid typing so much). In general, people who use wheelchairs or ecvs don't need and won't be given a GAC because just having the wheelchair/ecv alerts the CM that they need an accessible entrance. If that meets your needs, you don't need a GAC. But some people need a quieter place to wait, a place out of the sun, a place away from other people or to be able to bring a stroller into line and have it treated the same as a wheelchair. The GAC is a tool to alert CMs of that sort of invisible need. It is not meant to (and usually won't) shorten or eliminate your wait in line.
 
Call Disney reservations or the hotel directly to advise them you need a 1st floor room due to a disability. They'll make sure you get it. :moped:
 










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