[nagdu] Introduction

[Cindy Ray]

I thought yo  ur convention was a week from now, not this weekend.

Cindy Lou

On Oct 10, 2012, at 9:58 PM, Larry D. Keeler wrote:

> Hi Mary!  Gues who!!  Se you on Friday!  Marion Posont an a couple of otherw whonm you'll meet at convention were just talking about the great things we'll be doing this weekend having to do with forming our group!  William Vandervest whom you also know attended as well!  Looking forward to seeing you and felix!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mary wurtzel" <marywurtzel at att.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:06 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Introduction
> 
> 
>> Hello list,
>> My name is Mary Wurtzel, and I just joined this list.
>> I have a male black lab named Felix who is a balance dog as well as a guide dog.  I went to the Guide Dog Foundation last February.  As far as I know, this is the only guide dog schl that trains dogs specifically to help with balance issues.
>> I have been falling when walking for many years.  It would happen if I hit a particularly big crack inthe sidewalk, or if I got too close to the edge of the walk and hit a large edge down.  The falling became worse,  to the point that I feared falling more and more.
>> I tried to get a guide dog in 2004 but was not allowed to stay at the schl and graduate.   The good thing that came out of this horrible experience was that I discovered the reason for my falling.
>> I am blind because of being a premie, and I also have very mild cereberal Palsy.
>> I have had this difficulty all my life and was never diagnosed.  I grew up thinking I was just uncoordinated.  I worked ten times harder just to become an alternate cheer leader.
>> Sorry for such a long story, but now I can walk again all by myself.  I am going quite fast, too.  Anyone who may know a person like my husband, Fred, knows there are some cane users who are very confident and walk very very fast.  I was always being left inthe dust.  Well, now Felix and I can give Fred   a bit of a run for his  money!!!
>> Fred would never never have a guide  dog,  so blind people can have differences of opinion on the travel mode and still live together in harmony!! It will be thirty-six years on December 4th.
>> I will cut this epistle a bit short.  I have already found the list ideas interesting.
>> We will be forming a guide dog division at our state convention here in Michigan in a little over a week.
>> I am sure this list will provide us with issues which we can work on.
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Mary Wurtzel
>> 
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