Story Time!

Story Time Ladies and Gentlemen. I have been given permission to tell this story in it's entirety. THis goes with how people adapt to any situation.
It starts when a boy named Doyle and a girl named Jo met and fell in love back in the 40's. They married and built their dream home on the banks of a canal that leads to Lake Oswego, Oregon. They bought themselves a nice little boat and started a beautiful life! Soon 3 boys came into the picture and they grew up boating, fishing, water skiing, tubing, and loving life on the lake. As the kids grew up and left home Jo wanted to invest in a nice jacuzzi tub. Doyle loving his wife installed one and soon realized that he was not allowed to enjoy it. It was Jo's! He let her enjoy it and secretly wished he could enjoy it! Well several years ago, Jo developed some drastic health problems and within a couple months Doyle's beloved JO passed on to meet the Lord. Doyld kept on living and decided he would enjoy life to it's fullest, traveles all over the world, and when his health has gotten to a point where he requires a scooter, he got the best! he has traveled to Egypt, Argentina, Europe, Lithuania, etc...
One of the things he enjoys is sitting in the jacuzzi tub that so long was denied him. Well has his health deteriorated and his mobility was extremely limited, he found he could get into the tub but could not get out. So he had to have his former daughter in law or grandson come and get him out of the tub. He is a very independant man and this relying on others was not to his liking. So he went ot his oldest son Larry, and said, "hey, let's create a wenching system" The first thingthat went through Larry's mind was seeing his naked father haning by a wench in mid air. Funny, but not comforting thought. So Larry put it off, for the safety of his father. Well Doyle was not going to put up with delays. So he got in his car and drove to Lowe's. Well, he didn't want to get out of the car by the time he got there. SO, he saw someoen drive upa nd he called out his window, "hey, can you help me?" He handed a man money and said, go buy me a wenching system. To the guys credit he was honest and kept coming out to Doyle to ask him various questions and eventually bought him a wenching system and even got him a discount! So know Larry had to put it in. So he did, and sure enough Doyle just wraps a strap around him, the wench helps him get to his knees and then up to the hside of the tup just enough to get him out on his own!! He is happy and Larry is thrilled that his dad is not hanging in the air naked!
We in teh world of disabiliteis calls that adaptive equipment. Doyle calls it a a means to an end. He wanted to live more independantly and so he is!
True story!