Children with gastric or  acid reflux disease need to be kept as upright as possible as much of the time as they can be. In dealing with this issue in our home, we built a bed that would keep our child at an angle so that the acids would not go up his throat. The bed takes several hours to build start to finish (after the trip to the hardware store). The sewing is the hardest part. The plan with pictures is shared here.

PARTS LIST
2 or 3  10 foot sections of PVC irrigation pipe. (You can clean the lettering off with paint stripper if you wish.)
PVC Glue
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6 90 degree PVC elbows
A package of adhesive vinyl bumbers (see Figure 4)
Good strong thread (optionally matching the material)
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NEEDED TOOLS
Sewing Machine
Something to cut the PVC pipe (a hacksaw, miter saw or PVC cutter)

Figure 1 is the finished bed.

Click here for Instructions on Building PVC Frame
Click here for Instruction on Sewing the Material

Kelly - The Mormon