- Feb 3, 2024
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This may be small compared with other prayer requests, but extremely important that this cataract surgery in both eyes gets done to maintain a future quality of life for an aged female relative. Her ophthalmologist surgeon well rated and experienced (no malpractice suits) is in a medical office building (and good doctors of that specialty are hard to find) that has poor parking, so poor that can circle the parking lot up to around 15 minutes or more to find a good parking spot which lot is on hilly terrain. Though can drop her off at the front door by car, leaving her that long unattended is not a good idea with other medical conditions. Her pre-op appointment with the surgeon is tomorrow Friday. Between this appointment, the two eye surgeries at the same location, and at least three appointments following the two eye surgeries, have no other neighbor, relative, or friend nearby who can step in to provide transportation for both of us for all 6+ appointments between now and mid April and that is assuming everything goes right. So plenty of Ubers and Lyfts with a variety of cars in our area, but problem is she has a hurry-roll walker which when folded is 36 x 28 x 16 inches. Last visit to the same doctor, we got two Ubers/Lyfts that would have fit that, but not knowing took her more compact walker which does not provide her as much stability but doable. Uber WAV (wheelchair accessible vehicle) is available in our area, but in research average 15-20 minute waits in our metro area (though we are out in the suburbs) with 90% of requests fulfilled in 30 minutes whereas normal Ubers and Lyfts within 5-10 minutes, but not want to risk a WAV vehicle in getting timely TO a critical medical appointment. Proactively will send a text to the Lyft or Uber driver letting them know of the large walker and its size, which offering the driver the chance to hand off the ride to another driver if they know their smaller car trunk will not fit the large walker. If a driver who shows up and trouble getting the large walker in, will have her smaller walker in the car trunk 20 feet away in the driveway and the larger walker if so cannot use fits in there. Also have a Lyft Wait Time charge waiver previously approved for such trips. Besides that, praying also the appointment at the opthamologist surgeon office goes well midday tomorrow Friday.
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