My MIL is getting her big toe cut off due to an infection that is eating away at the bone. The doc wants her to stay off her feet for the next 3 weeks [helllll LoL] BUT she has dialysis three times a week. We have 5/6 steps to get to our ground floor apartment outside. We will be having a wheelchair to transport her to and from the car and stuff but having the hardest time trying to figure out how to get her up the stairs. I don't want my husband, her son, to pull her up and down the stairs in the wheelchair as he already has back problems and she can't walk with the boot because 1] she isn't very active so she's super weak and prolly wont be able to walk on just the heel well enough and 2] mainly because she's going to be a big baby about having to do things [she stands there, STANDS there asking me to take off her button up sweater that just pops open *eye roll]. The doctor suggested crawling up and down the stairs but there is no way, especially with the snow here in Alaska. Just looking for options or ideas we haven't thought of to get her in and out of the house for dialysis
I might call the dialysis clinic and ask about resources. Do they have a social worker on staff? Tell the doctor crawling, possibly on snow and ice, is not feasible. If she stays in a rehab unit, they would have to transport her by van or ambulance each visit. That sounds like the safest thing to do.
I've read before that some people have called the fire department to come and get people in and out of their houses when steps are an issue. I'd clear that in advance though. What if they have an emergency and aren't available? Lots to consider.