Cane-A-Rific!


Check it out!

I just ordered this from Ebay and am I excited. I have to thank Jennifer for pointing this out to me. It looks like this cane works like the Millenial Crutches. And we all looooove the Millenial Crutches, don't we girls?

Oh, and it doubles as a "mountain climbing stick" or so it claims.

That way it helps with both my recovery and encouraging my lofty goals of extreme mobility!

Bad Ass!

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