Before I tell you the story I need to give you a little background on my chair control. There is a controller with the joystick. Joystick is actually a steel rod that comes out of the controller. Then there is a plastic/rubber and that is put on this steel rod. (Get your mind out of the got her JG H) a while back I was having trouble with the standard one that was about a half inch in diameter. I switch to one there was quite a bit larger on the top similar to mushroom. I could use the palm of my hand on this one. Recently though my arms and hand are not working very well and when I put my arm at rest I would hit this controller button and move my chair without wanting to. This caused some problems and so I went back to the other type of controller cover, the half-inch diameter one. There was a short time where I didn't have anything on it and it was just a steel rod. This is the background.
Without a joystick cover Macy could get up on my lap and lay there without hitting it. And I got used to that. Then my son with the joystick cover back on and I forgot that there might be an issue with Macy. The next day she jumped up on my lap table, turned around three or four times, lay down in the same spot she always does except now her hip was against the joystick cover. Away we went and she drove my chair into my PC table and then the PC table into the couch and lamp table. This scared her and she jumped off. I was able to get my PC table back to normal spot. No real damage done but I didn't want to push the lab table with my chair and leave a mark in the wood so I left it. When my wife came home she said "what happened here" and I told her the story. She said "you're going to blame the cat on this?" I had to say yes to be truthful and I thought Macy would never get on my lap again. I was wrong.
The next day Macy jumped up on my lap again. I was really surprised and backed up a little so I wasn't close to the table. I turned off the controller on she was getting settled. I was not expecting her to spend an hour sleeping on my lap. I kept trying to turn the controller back on so I can get more comfortable but her hip was on the controller switch and the joystick. When she finally did get down my arm was pretty dead by then. I only get a little bit of use out of it in the mornings before it becomes useless for the most part. When she left I turned the controller on and then tried to tilt the seatback up a little. My hand got stock and he kept tilting forward to I was smashed against my PC table. My hand was trapped but I moved it off the tilt control. Unfortunately when I got my hand off of the took control it got stuck on the drive control. I started going around in a circle with the PC table attached to me. When the PC table hit the couch it ended up tipping over and falling down so that my iPhone, iPad and PC were stuck on the floor. Everything that was on the table when crashing down and made a big mess. I was pretty bummed about the whole thing and keep wondering how I am supposed to be with this disease if I can't use my controller. Needless to say yesterday was one of the worst days ever. Today though I woke up and remembered that "his mercies are new every morning" God is good even in the midst of difficulties and trials. Praises he is great name! Mouse down
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