[nagdu] Travel adventure, Long Rest and Backwards Walking

[rhonda cruz]

 hi bibi,
 wow. that sounds like a busy adventure.
 hugs.
 glad you are all right.

On Apr 6, 2012, at 6:03 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> Hi Bibi.
> How come you had to walk backwards?  Do flashing lights trigger your
> seizures?  If that's the reason, would closing your eyes work as well as
> walking backwards?
> Just curious.
> Tracy
> 
>> Hi, all,
>> Odie and I hung out with Nat and Liam for a while as she needed to do a
>> few errands first.
>> We then went to eat out at Good Times and the fun began afterwards.
>> My husband, Dale met us on the route52 bus and we deboarded off the bus at
>> 20th and Chestnut.
>> We had a rather interesting time of finding the Amtraak Customer Service
>> Office to go take care of mine and Nat's first trip for the train ride to
>> Reno, Nevada.
>> On the way back, the travel adventure became more rougher as there was a
>> huge apartment complex we had to walk around and construction was
>> happening too.
>> There were some light rail tracks being installed not too far from where
>> the place we were at.
>> While dealing with the construction zone, Odie stopped at one point so I
>> could check to see where we were briefly.
>> Once Dale reassured me of what was going on, Odie and I went on our way.
>> Next part up in the construction wite was we would have to cross over an
>> island in the middle of the street.
>> Around the corner before the island though, Odie suddenly s stopped again,
>> pushing me up against the curb, turning his body in front of me and giving
>> me the indication to step up on to the curb in a dirt pile.
>> An RTD articular bus was fixing to slowly turn the corner to make a right
>> hand turn.
>> I didn't blame Odie one bit for wanting to keep us both out of the way of
>> the bus.
>> Eventually, we finally made it back to Sunset Park Apartments.
>> I ended up going with Natalie to help her get Liam's dog food and other
>> things home to her home.
>> We left my apartment complex around 9:00 PM to slowly make our way to the
>> bus stop near the Fire Station.
>> As Nat and I were sitting down on the bench, Odie suddenly reacted to the
>> fire station.
>> I then heard the loud Public address speaker inside the department and
>> said, "Uh Oh."
>> Odie sprang up off the ground and I immediately got up to turn around and
>> face Nat's direction as I knew a fire truck was going to be shooting out
>> of the garage of the fire department.
>> Once the bus pulled up which was the route38, all four of us got on.
>> I hung out at Nat's place for an hour, then left to go get the bus back
>> home.
>> Yesterday, Dale, Odie and I ended up resting as all three of us were
>> extremely tired.
>> Earlier this morning, the fire department and paramedics ended up coming
>> to the building to take a resident to the hospital.
>> Odie wanted to go outtside as he obviously needed to go take care of
>> business.
>> Once getting downstairs and outtside, I ended up having to side step and
>> walk sideways with my back facing the fire truck and ambulance to avid
>> having a seizure right on the spot.
>> After getting Odie's doggy trash off the ground and disposing it, I again
>> walked backwards toward the gate.
>> Odie who was on my left side immediately switched to my right side and I
>> changed his leash to my right hand.
>> I could tell he was looking at me in a weird way and thinking, "Mommy!
>> What are you doing walking backwards like this?"
>> Upon entering back inside, I had to stop and rest for a few miuntes, along
>> with waiting for the fire department and paramedics to exit from the
>> elevator with their paitient on the roll away bed.
>> As for having to walk sieways or do backwards, I'd never do that when
>> having to cross a busy street or near areas where there would be high
>> activity going on.
>> *Smiles*
>> Bibi, husband Dale and son Odie
>> medical alert service dog
>> the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
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