Staying Hydrated with Quadriplegia - Use a Leg Bag Emptier
You at the doorstep of your adult life - turning 22 in just 6 weeks, about to graduate and then to take vows with your fiance. You have concluded all of your college courses and are just waiting for the commencement ceremonies. You have your whole life in front of you! Then the unthinkable happens, you are at a graduation get-together and a classmate jumps on you, snapping your head back. Afterward you are in the hospital hearing you are paralyzed with a spinal cord injury at C5 and 6. Where do you go next?
This is Jim's story. Jim was 'that guy'. He spent 16 months in a rehabilitation hospital, and then went home to marry the lady he'd wanted to wed 16 months before. I asked Jim a question - what did you do? He said, he grieved a bit - then he got on with life. Did he ever! I could knock off an entire description about all of Jim's triumphs - they are abounding, and they are valuable. But, his most superior achievement (other than a happy wife and a daughter in college, which are magnificent achievements in themselves) is the development of The PUMP, leg bag emptier.
As a person with a spinal cord injury, Jim knew that to battle urinary tract infections (UTIs) and hypotension, it was vital to drink an acceptable amount of water. But, as a spinal cord injured person, he couldn't use the commode on his own. He relied on an urinary collection bag to collect what his body couldn't accommodate. This is where the problem arose. He needed to drink a satisfactory amount of water, but he couldn't dump his urinary collection bag on his own. Can you envision, or do you have personal experience, of how shaming it is to beseech a caregiver (ex: neighbour) to dump your urine collection bag for you all the time?
Jim knew personally how cumbersome and disturbing it was to have to count on a caregiver (ex: professional caregiver) to dump his urine collection bag. It was very challenging and costly to find a professional caregiver who could come at the drop of a hat to purge his urine leg bag. When he was at home, and needed his urine collection bag dumped, he'd have to call his and she would have to head out from her office to come care for his urine bag. When he was working, he had to count on associates to remove the contents of his urine collection bag. Of course, it wasn't just any colleague who could empty it - they had to be trained to do it. Jim recalls those days with humiliation.
Jim and Robert, who are the co-founders of The PUMP, leg bag emptier, and at the time worked together for a major communications company, put their ideas together to find a resolution. They agreed there had to be a product attainable to give indivduals with paraplegia or other spinal cord injuries, the prerogative to handle that part of their personal care with dignity. But there wasn't. The only devices then available were manual or electric implements, instruments, mechanisms, machines that purged the urine from the urine bag without deviation onto the ground. Not sanitary or hygienic at all! So, the idea for The PUMP, leg bag emptier, was born.
In 2004, Jim and Robert machined the prototype. As a spinal cord injured person, there was nobody more able than Jim to test The PUMP, leg bag emptier, and put it through its paces. Well, not a soul more qualified than Jim and his wife. Jim advised me that his bride played a big part in the advancements that were made - because while Jim noted what improvements The PUMP, leg bag emptier, needed from an user's perspective, his wife also appraised betterments that were required for the caregiver (ex: neighbour) (to make night cleanings easier, etc.). Quite a few versions of The PUMP, leg bag emptier, later, each more successful than the last - there is at long last a simple, santitary and civilized way for people with paraplegia or other spinal cord injuries to clear a full urine leg bag.
Jim has been using The PUMP, leg bag emptier, now for 7 years - and it has given him freedom and independence - but most of all - it has given him the ability to swallow all the water he depends on to avoid UTIs and hypotension. When Jim first started using The PUMP, leg bag emptier, 7 years ago, he only had to empty his urine bag 2-3 times per day. Now, he empties his urine leg bag 6-7 times per day - on his own schedule, when it suits him - and on his own.
What is The PUMP, leg bag emptier, and what does it do? The PUMP, leg bag emptier, is a revolutionary new power wheelchair accessory that enables a person to empty their urinary leg bag precisely into a toilet or urinal with just the press of a button. The PUMP attaches to the outlet of the leg bag and directs the flow of urine out through the tip of a flexible wand. A simple switch activated by the user turns the pumping unit on and off, and an ultra compact 12-volt Lithium Polymer Battery powers The PUMP for up to 5 days with an overnight charge. The PUMP installs easily and quickly on virtually any power wheelchair.
The PUMP, leg bag emptier, couldn't be easier. When your urine bag is full, maneuver your wheelchair within arm's length of a toilet or urinal and extend the wand. Press the switch twice to activate the pumping unit and urine will flow from the urinary collection bag and exit from the tip of the wand. When the urine leg bag is empty, press the switch once to turn off the pumping unit and return the wand to its stowed position. That's it. Simple, sanitary, and civilized.
It's not just Jim who uses The PUMP, leg bag emptier. Others who have suffered tetraplegia or other spinal cord injuries are discovering its benefits as well. They applaude The PUMP, leg bag emptier, and how it has given them back their independence and allows them to manage proper hydration which reduces the number of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and the risks of hypotension.
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