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Hippocampe chair for Huds.

  • It's on its way :-)

      9 February 2015

    Thank you so much for your generosity, it's been such an exciting project for Huds, he's so looking forward to the hippocampe arriving. The chair is purchased, the tax has been paid and its on its way south! Just need summer to last a little longer and hopefully it will be a long one :-)

    Thanks to you we have some extra funds and have been looking at purchasing a few extras. Once we try the chair we will see how the wheels go on the beaches here and if it's hard to push on the softer sand we could buy some extra fat beach wheels to make it easier to get him over the soft stuff. There is also a ski that fits onto the front wheel that might be handy in winter up in the ski fields, will see how we go this winter. And there's a life jacket that Huds can wear that will keep him upright in the water. We've tossed this one around for years, regular life jackets aren't much good for him to swim in because they make him lean on his back, he doesn't like looking at the sky that much ;-) and an extra crotch strap is required to stop it riding up but when he's jumping and splashing it can end up chaffing so he has a life jacket for boating and sailing but he doesn't like to swim with one. There are specialised lifejackets made for people with physical disabilities that have a large float around the neck and a buoyant vest with a crotch strap that might be a good purchase, just trying to get some more details about the sizes available, since if it will need to suit him for many years to come. He has a small neck float that you can see in his gallery pic, it works really well when he's calm and still, like in a hot pool, but not so well when he's excited or in the waves.

    So stand by for another update in the next few days as the hippocampe arrives, we set it up, and we hit the beach, everyone's invited! Feel free to 'friend' Hudson Andrews on Facebook, we will update here but no doubt there will be a lot of photos and hopefully some video too. Thanks so much xo

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