[nagdu] am still around/not feeling great with other things

[rhonda cruz]

 hi bibi.
 hugs.
 we are thinking of you.
 we will pray. for you.
 wags.

On Mar 19, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Criminal Justice Major wrote:

> Hi, all,
> Just wanted to let everyone know that Odie and I are here and am still around.
> unfortunately, I'm not feeling all of that great, especially with a second seizure hitting me again as of yesterday morning.
> T is two weeks in a row and I'm really, ready to go and get that seizure control test done immediately.
> Last weekend while Odie and I were on the route31 bus going south so we could attend bowling practice, the fare box was broken and it began beeping like crazy.
> The sound started to become more rapid and the beeping was already a repeated noise.
> By that time, Odie was already agitated more because he knew what was beginning to happen to me.
> He already began warning me of an appending seizure and was wanting to hurry up and get me off the bus immediately to a safe spot.
> I could feel he wasn't a happy camper as his body began to swell like a balloon, his ears were pulled back, tail tucked in between his legs and his mouth was clenched shut tightly.
> Before we reached our final stop, my head began to hurt and swell really awful right around the left frontal lobe.
> Thankfully, it was a minor seizure and nothing else more to where the paramedics would have had to been called.
> This weekend, which was yesterday, another convulsive grandmal happened and it was during the time I was in a deep sleep.
> It was caused by stress for which someone at the bowling alley who is apart of the Milehigh Blind Bowlers's chapter just pushed me over the edge.
> Odie stayed close to me in the bedroom until I went into the living room in the morning and told Dale what transfired.
> My husband wasn't happy at all.
> He told me that he wasn't mad at me, but unhappy with the individual who directly caused me to stress.
> So, off I went to bed and tried getting some sleep yesterday.
> Odie and I along with Dale nad planned to do some running around today, but that doesn't look like it will happen.
> We also planned to attend a meeting tomorrow and if I'm not doing well by this afternoon, it will be a no go.
> Well, to make some of it related to guide dog work related, Odie did an awesome job yesterday, a different way of guiding me.
> We had the Saint Patrick's Parade in downtown and we ended up coming home to the last part of the event finishing up.
> He heeled beautifully beside me while on his retractible leash, wearing his medical alert orange vest and a nylon walk harness.
> He was tired as much as I from the long day, but we made it both ways in one piece.
> On our way back home though, we encountered people who were walking and definitely not paying attention.
> When I felt him pull to the left through the movement of the retractible leash, that was my signal to step over to the left.
> I praised him lots regardless of the struggle we dealt with.
> Now for the exciting part.
> On May 27 and 28, 2012, Odie, my friend Natalie and her guide dog Liam and I will travel to Reno, Nevada by Amtraak for the American Blind Bowler's Association League championships.
> I'm looking forward to experiencing a ride on Amtraak with Odie for the first time.
> Natalie is also excited about going too.
> Liam will get to enjoy his first ride by train too.
> The two of us hope and pray both boys will be on their best behavior while we're out there and do well. 
> I'll go ahead and close out for now.
> Will probably finish checking what's left of my messages and try to lie back down again.
> My hopes are that I won't have to end up in the back of an ambulance today, but if so, it does happen.
> That's how life goes...
> *Smiles*
> Bibi, husband Dale and son Odie
> medical alert service dog
> the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
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