for several weeks i have kept the special reclining wheelchair for sandy parked in the bathroom. a symbol of hope, of the possibility of at least taking sandy out into the garden. after a while i was aware it would be highly unlikely that sandy would use it again but i was not ready to part with it and asked the cleaning staff to please leave it there.
on friday i heard voices and saw a physio examining the chair – another patient had need of this special wheelchair…i asked that i could please wheel it out of the ward. it seemed an important thing for me to do, to acknowledge sandy would not be getting out of bed again.
so with tears down my face and aching in my heart i pushed the chair down the corridor before handing it to the physio for its continuing recycling to others.
