{"id":3437,"date":"2016-04-13T13:39:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2016-04-13T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T17:39:53","slug":"making-the-difference-between-wheelchair-bound-and-simcha-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/making-the-difference-between-wheelchair-bound-and-simcha-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Difference between Wheelchair-Bound and Simcha-Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pr<\/a>It wasn\u2019t easy to make it to the wedding. I arrived home from work much later than I had planned. There was supper to prepare and homework to do with my kids but frozen pizza and a big sister who actually knew the math better than I did solved both problems and I made it in time for the chupa. I was patting myself on the back when I saw Adina. Adina??? She managed to come? Together with her husband?! Yes, they were both walking in together. Did I say walking? Let me qualify that. Adina\u2019s husband has advanced Parkinsons \u00a0and, though he can struggle with a walker for short distances, he is wheelchair-bound much of the time \u2013\u00a0 a \u00a0real challenge for someone who loves people and simchas and lives on the fourth floor\u2026<\/p>\n

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We sat together, Adina and I. She is a dear friend and neighbor and I was so happy to spend time with her. As the last strains of wedding music began to wind down, I stood up to make my way to the bus stop. A long trip awaited me. I was not looking forward to it. \u201cWait,\u201d Adina called out. \u201cWould you like a ride?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s not too conventional,\u201d she chuckled. \u201cBut much easier than the bus trip. If you wait a bit, the Ezer Mizion ambulance will coming soon to pick up my husband.\u00a0\u00a0 There\u2019s room for companions if you don\u2019t mind sitting on a bench.\u201d We met her husband in the lobby. He was glowing. He told his wife he had actually \u2018danced\u2019 with the chosson, wheelchair and all. People kept coming up to talk all evening. He felt human again. It had been months since he had gone anywhere except to doctors\u2019 offices. Of course, he appreciates the Ezer Mizion trips to the clinic. Without them his physical condition would deteriorate considerably. \u201cBut Ezer Mizion also recognizes a man\u2019s spirit,\u201d he said, his grin lighting up his face like a light bulb. \u201cI\u2019ll remember this evening for weeks.\u201d The \u201climousine\u201d arrived. The driver helped him in all the while singing chasuna songs with his patient, trying to extend the simcha a bit longer. As we were driven home, Adina mentioned that Ezer Mizion is an organization that realizes that, for people like her husband, it is just as important to help them get to weddings in the evenings as to get to doctor appointments in the morning! Tonight he was not wheelchair-bound. He was simcha-bound.<\/p>\n

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Ezer Mizion\u2019s Transport Division drives the frail, the elderly, the disabled, the ill to treatment centers, therapy clinics and doctor\u2019s appointments but it doesn\u2019t forget the dreams they have\u2026a trip to the kosel\u2026 attending a grandson\u2019s Bar Mitzvah \u2026 visiting an equally disabled relative\u2026a fun day at the beach\u2026dreams\u2026<\/p>\n

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