[nagdu] labrador who went nuts and more

Rhonda Cruz rhondaprincess at gmail.com
Wed May 16 10:26:29 UTC 2012


Hey bibi.
 glad that all went good for your appointments.
  cool about the power-chair. it sounds awesome.
 mya and i send positive wags. your way.
 from rhonda.

On 5/15/12, Criminal Justice Major <orleans24 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi, all,
> For some unknown reason yesterday, Odie decided he wanted to drive me nuts.
> I guess the best was to describe his driving me nuts behavior was he was
> being very needy.
> I guess that can happen with older dogs at times, but I could be wrong.
> Despite that he was fed, parked throughout the day and then given his
> supper, he still drove me crazy.
> I figured that since I had two doctor's appointments at Denver Health
> Medical, he was going to be with me and get some work in.
> I was thinking that he just needed to get out of the apartment and enjoy the
> outdoors.
> We went to my first appointment this morning which was a follow up with my
> nuerology doctor and gave him the news of not experiencing any seizure
> eppisodes as of lately.
> Odie and I were stuck in the clenic, waiting three hours as they were short
> on staff.
> Before the next appointment, I headed downtown to catch up with my husband
> Dale to grab a bite from Taco Bell.
> I enjoyed a delicious double decker.
> It is a crunchy taco with all the fixings, but has a soft shell on the
> outtside to cover the crunchy one.
> We then set out to Denver Health Medical for my last, final appointment.
> That one went well, despite that Odie decided he wanted to be a jealous
> puppy only because the outpaitient therapist was getting measurements for
> fitting me correctly in a power chair.
> It will take three to six months at least, more because of the paperwork
> process and having to fight with Colorado Medicade.
> The goal is to get them to understand that the power chair will be a need
> for me after a convulsive grandmal seizure along with the days when my
> arthritis is really bad.
> Despite those hurdles, I do have a great team of doctors who are willing to
> fight for me.
> They would like for Vocational Rehabilitation to have an O&M instructor come
> to help out with the training of me and the new power chair, but if that
> doesn't happen, the outpaitient therapist is willing to work with me from my
> home out to DHM for the training part.
> Today, I did a test drive in a power chair while using my white cane.
> Dale held on to Odie while I tried out the chair.
> Only trouble I had was still being used to walking or standing while using
> my cane.
> It will take time and everything will work out.
> I will practice heeling Odie besside me while I'm on my power chair, but
> just for a stroll around the block or to the pet area.
> Although I know he'd love to help me out more when it comes to the power
> chair, I can't expect him to do more, given his age and also the degenrative
> disc disease.
> It wouldn't be safe.
> Therefore, I'd definitely have to train with another four-legged furry
> partner to take his place.
> During the appointment while I was being measured for proper fitting, Odie
> decided to be a jealous kid and felt he needed to be apart of it all too.
> It was rather odd because he was moody this morning.
> Oh well.
> Odie, I still love you anyway, regardless of your crazy antics and quarks.
> *Smiles*
> Well, I guess that's enough from me for now.
> I shall crawl back underneath my hiding rock.
> Bibi, husband Dale and son Odie
> retired guide dog of Pilot Dogs
> in Columbus, Ohio and now a
> medical alert service dog
> the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
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