[nagdu] my day from yesterday

[d m gina]

Hi there,
I admire you for getting out there for a walk with sleep shades.
It has to be hard when you can see and then you don't.
Please don't give up, we are hear for you.
I know Franklin will keep you safe when he realizes you can't see any more.
Wishing you the best.
Original message:
> Also posted as a FB status

> Okay so yesterday I worked Franklin under sleepshade, which is wearing a
> mask that completely takes away any usable  vision one has.

> My friend mindy was with us the whole time, and didn't really say
> anything unless it was life or death.
> First off I did this because my usable vision is getting worse with in 6
> months its gone from 20/200 to 20/350   which  is really bad. I'm seeing
> clouds from my one  eye.

> A good  examniple   is when I was in the BX on base a few weeks ago- I
> lost sight of dad  and told Franklin to find him, Franklin took me to
> him, I looked at him and didn't recognize him at all, went on to try and
> find him again.  told Franklin to find him again and took me back to the
> same guy, this time I recognized him. \

> So back to sleepshade work, mainly Franklin didn't stop for the up
> curbs, since when i work him  with vision he does a slight  pause, so
> tripped over every up curb,  after about 2 good corrections   he started
> stopping for the up curbs. He did stop for every down curb.

> When we first started without usable vision I was  rather disorientated,
> So we crossed the street in front of my apartment conplex. didn't even
> know it at all. Until I felt grass under foot, asked Mindy and she told
> me yeah we crossed the street. Though franklin did pause in the middle
> of the none busy street.

> So we continued  to walk, ending up in the parking lot of the Grosery
> store,, my foot hit a random box, and then Franklin at full speed went
> over a up curb my foot hit it, made him rework it.
> Got going again, and walked pass the grosery,  then pass a few more
> store, and came to a side street, heard to cars Franklin didn't move for
> 3 forward commands. Finally got him moving and  we moved quick and
> tripped on up curb.
> Now we're in the parking lot of the auto parts store, Franklin goes over
> left to get on the sidewalk, then we go to the main sidewalk and I can
> hear the cars what sounds like inches away from me.
> Again we conintue down the sidewalk  and then we think about food,
> hey we're out and its a excuse to get food!
> So we go into Zaxby's - I do love Zaxby's.
> once done, we head back out to walk back. everything goes well until the
> 4way intersection , 2 lanes ----
> Mindy hits the button for the lights, we, she crosses, I don't hear her
> move at all, trying to listen for traffic. Franklin and me stand there
> for 2 cycles , giving him the forward command 3 times, no moving at all,
> trafffic going the way we need. So finally mindy calls  and tells me we
> missed 2 times  we could have crossed.
> So hit the button for the light again, I know why  some totals want the APS.
> Finally got Franklin moving into crossing, mindy on phone, I know
> stupid, Franklin walked out of cross walk, got him over right, him
> trying to go through a waiting car.

> got to the sidewalk safely a little shaken.....

> Rest of the walk home was fine, besides 3 police cars boxxing in one car
> and guy- wonder what it was?

> But yeah that was yesterday

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