To learn to operate this machine through the remote has been a lot of fun.
It's probably been the most fun I've had from a seated position in a wheelchair
for nine years.
I was in the hospital in Winnipeg there for the whole winter trying to
adjust to what had happened. That was a big adjustment. We came home, and as
months went by, I began to realize that I'm not getting better.
With the spinal cord injury, I became unable to continue with my custom work in the kitchens start to finish.
When Trev was injured, it was a huge shock to us. I mean, he was
always the guy. He would just go, go, go. Always busy, always doing something,
creating something or building something. Just very devastating because we both
realized that this was a ginormous change.
She has been my hands now that I've not had working hands for nine and a half
years. We worked together before that. We worked together in the business; we
worked together on the yard. We each had our jobs. It was all on her list of
things to do after that, on top of my own personal care. So her workload was so
incredibly heavy, and I watched that and I saw that. Broke my heart.
I began imagining, 'How can I make this easier for her? Well, what what kind of
equipment do we need that can help us through some of these challenges?'
That was one of my goals was to eventually get the remote control and be able to
operate the machine without being in the machine, from the from the position in my chair.
When they put that remote on Trev and he started driving this thing on the yard,
the look on his face was just priceless.
And the sense of awe for him that now he had a powerful machine to do big things
was just amazing.
Being such an active guy, Trev has found it very hard to ask people for help.
Now that he can grab that remote and get out there. It's just brought back a lot of
happiness that was missing. It changes his day now.
I've pretty well grown up on this farmyard. We just enjoy the country living, the rural life.
We can't imagine ever moving away.
Especially now with my injury, the equipment becomes a really important part of us being able
to keep up and keep on top of the work that needs to be done.
It's been a game-changer for me because for quite a few years, I've had to sit here
not able to to tackle the jobs that I'm looking at on the yard. And now I
have a way to do it. I'm able to grab this thing off the countertop and put it
over my shoulders and start the machine and go.