How I Strengthen My Lungs with the Incentive Spirometer

By Charles Merritt Posted in Lung health

Posted on May 25, 2017August 8, 2017

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Strengthening lungs with incentive spirometer September 12, 2014 · Saint Petersburg Charlie has had a good night tonight. He only de-sat’d once with his O2 dropping into the 80’s. The nurses bagged him to give him some extra O2 & his O2 came right back up & has remained above 90 for the rest of …

Functional Electrical Stimulation FES Abdominal

By Charles Merritt Posted in A day in the life Awareness Health

Posted on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

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Women Think These Are Sexy

By Charles Merritt Posted in Awareness Health

Posted on May 10, 2017May 10, 2017

Are scars sexy quadriplegic gaming living with paralysis

Scars A good friend of mine recently had a surgery and posted a picture of his scar. This prompted me to think about my own scars and whether or not they actually are attractive to the opposite sex? So I’m putting this out there hopefully to get an answer. This also got me to thinking …

Video of My Morning Routine

By Charles Merritt Posted in A day in the life

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017

C3 complete quadriplegic getting out of bed

I decided it would be “beneficial” to provide a video showing what I do on a typical morning. Specifically, what the attendant has to do to get me out of bed and to get my day started. We have streamlined this process and with the addition of the ceiling lift typically takes about 20 to …

By Charles Merritt Posted in A day in the life Adapted technology Gaming

Posted on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017

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Quadriplegic Disabled Gaming My WOW History I began World of Warcraft Oct 27, 08 as a troll hunter (FINFIN) on the Anub’arak server where I stayed until March 2017. Currently I spend a lot of time as a guardian druid (HAYTOTHEWOOD) on Zul’jin and started playing a tank August 28, 2009. Why do I bring …

Manually Assisted Quad Coughing

By Charles Merritt Posted in Health

Posted on February 17, 2017August 12, 2017

Manually Assisted Quad Coughing [kwod] A form of assisted coughing for patients with central nervous system disorders such as spinal cord injury who are unable to generate sufficient force to clear respiratory secretions. After a maximal inspiration, the patient coughs while an assistant exerts gentle upward and inward pressure with both hands on the abdomen. The increased …

Disabled Travel: Five Things You Should Know

By Charles Merritt Posted in A day in the life Travel

Posted on January 25, 2017August 8, 2017

Disabled Travel: Five Things You Should Know about Cruising As a Person with Disabilities First off, I would like to thank Flying Dutchman Travel for providing my accommodations for this vacation. Also The Central Florida Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America who selected me to participate on this excursion. Disabled Travel: Five Things You Should Know. …

Happy Holidays

By Charles Merritt Posted in A day in the life

Posted on January 3, 2017

From my family to yours have a happy holiday.

Hurricane Matthew Post Party

By Charles Merritt Posted in A day in the life Just for laughs Opinion

Posted on October 8, 2016

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Grad School for Charlie

By Charles Merritt Posted in A day in the life

Posted on August 27, 2016September 9, 2016

Two short years ago I was Considered by the VA as being catastrophically injured(C3 complete quadriplegic) during a seemingly harmless dive off of my boat into 5 feet of water. Little did I know that dive would change my life forever and catapult me into a whole new way of thinking. These types of accidents …