When\nchecking the bag for the trip from Raleigh to Fort Lauderdale the reservation\nfor wheelchair assistance was confirmed. TSA Precheck designation had was\naccomplished and this sometimes anxiety fraught Parkinson’s mind was put to\nease as the delightful lady with the chair arrived with an assuring smile. What\nwe had anticipated to be a lengthy process of check-in turned out to be less than\nten minutes. A journey down in the elevator and a brisk ride to the departure gate\nC-3 put us beside the boarding desk where we waited for the call to board\nearly. The arrival in Fort Lauderdale was as accommodating as that at Raleigh.\nThe delightful evening with my son and a drop off by him the next morning at Port\nEverglades was just what a doctor would order for this mind fraught with\nunexpected anxiety about the motorized scooter chair that was scheduled to be\nwaiting at the entrance to our stateroom. We were told that the room would not\nbe ready for occupancy until 2:00 pm, but that we were welcomed to visit the\nroom, establish the electronic connection with our cell phone and deposit our carry-on\nbags. As we approached what was scheduled to be our residence for the following\nseven days, there it was; the scooter that was rented for the duration of the journey\naboard. The tag had me identified as the operator of the Scootaround and\nwithin its front wheel basket was the charger and key. On previous cruises, the\nfolding cane was used as assistant to a somewhat smooth move about the ship. Mobility\nhas become a greater challenge in the last few months, so I agreed to seek a\nholding place, away from the joy of the cruise ship, for the puffed up ego that\nwanted to believe the motorized wheelchair?, not me. Maneuvering the speed\nselector with a simple forward with the right finger press, and reverse\nwith the left finger press. Zipping around (cautiously) the ship from stateroom,\nto the desired location virtually anywhere on board soon became easier than\never thought by this reluctant participant. The ego of this not-for-me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I don’t\nneed motorized assistance mindset was being challenged with every successful\nzip into the elevator and the backward zip out to the next desired location. It\nwas nearly two days before this perceiver of self-sufficiency calmed himself down\nto offer up thoughts of gratitude for this ability giving mechanism. After each\nthankful thought came the pathway to letting go this ego that inhibited enjoying\nthe best that this travel experience has to offer. For that, I give thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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