[nagdu] an update, but long one

[Lyn Gwizdak]

that's quite a story, Bibi.  Is your apartments a Senior/Disabled building? 
If so, why are they having a cow about your wheelchair???

Odie sure is a good dog!  Take care and stay healthy!

Lyn and Landon
"Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
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From: "Criminal Justice Major" <orleans24 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:50 PM
Subject: [nagdu] an update, but long one


> Hi, all,
> Sub says it all, so, if you'd rather not read this, feel free to move on.
> Odie and I are still around along with my husband Dale.
> Wheelchair O&M continues to get better and improve.
> Next task is for me to cross Colfax and Colorado boulevard which I'll be 
> practicing this Monday since I need to go do a visit with my respiratory 
> doctor anyway.
> Dale will be with me the first time.
> Next Wednesday, Brook, my O&M instructor will be with me again.
> Brook feels that I would definitely benefit from have a wheelchair trained 
> guide dog, especially since I'm now in my chair over seventy percent since 
> the misfortune at the beginning of November.
> Here's the rough part...
> Once again, CORHUD (Colorado Regional Housing Urban development) continues 
> to harass us once again, claiming there's still a weird odor in our 
> apartment.
> My father and step sister came in and didn't smell anything odd as CORHUD 
> claims and they still continue to have a temper tantrum over my power 
> chair.
> Originally, they weren't going to inspect us anymore and terminate the 
> lease which ended up not happening as my father came to help Dale and I 
> shampoo the rugs and wash laundry.
> Odie also had another bath and he gets brushed, raked, combed and 
> deodorized daily outside: twice or three times, depending on how the 
> weather's behaving.
> Something my father brought up to my attention which I never thought of is 
> that if an apartment or room gets too hot for the dog, they will suddenly 
> shed their hair as well.
> He only pointed it out because of what he'd seen happening with his dogs.
> Back to CORHUD, Dale was able to fight for another unnecessary inspection 
> anyway which was supposed to happen yesterday.
> Apartment manager nor other staff shoed up to conduct one as they were 
> supposed to.
> I can confess my step dad, along with my father aren't happy with CORHUD 
> at all, giving that they won't fix major things that should be maintained 
> properly.
> For Example, one of the front elevators started malfunctioning again, so 
> the security guard had to turn it off.
> Odie and I wound up taking the back ones which got us home faster.
> A few weeks ago, one of the heating/air conditioning units in the fourth 
> floor hallway near the elevators began to have mechanical failure.
> I happened to be asleep on my bed and around 10:20 PM, I felt the bed 
> shake and then the fire alarm in the hallway.
> I suspected that because Odie was obviously in a deep sleep, the alarm 
> scared him awake, causing him to let loose a loud woooooof!
> Fifteen minutes after the alarm was going, I began to experience an 
> on-coming seizure and it was a big one.
> I managed to make it down to the floor by throwing a couple of pillows 
> down first, rolled up into a ball and then on to the floor, still in the 
> feetal position to keep myself safe and protected from possibly getting 
> hurt.
> I called out to Odie who came down off the bed, walked over to stop and 
> smell me.
> I then said, "Odie, go get daddy!" and he did just that.
> Odie stood in the doorway of the living room and sighed loudly as to say, 
> "Daddy! Mommy's in trouble. Aren't you coming to help her!"
> Dale had had his back turned as he was busy doing something else, but once 
> he heard the loud sigh from our four-legged furry son, he said, "Okay, 
> boy! I'm coming!"
> I was on the floor seizurring for what it seemed like an hour and as long 
> as the fire alarm was going for almost an hour, there was no letting up 
> for my seizure either.
> When the fire department finally arrived and turned off the alarm, I began 
> to smell smoke.
> I wasn't sure what kind, but thought it was cigarette smoke at first upon 
> hoping no one fell asleep smoking.
> I called downstairs and reported it to the security guard upon letting him 
> know that I was having a major grandmal seizure, also letting him know I 
> wasn't alone that Dale was with me.
> The fire department radioed for back up to get another truck out here 
> quickly and they did find the source.
> The fire in the heating/air conditioning unit was put out and 
> disconnected.
> After an hour passed, the seizure finally managed to go away, but I was 
> worn out and tired after all of that.
> I learned later from the guard that the fire department was going to radio 
> for an ambulance to come upstairs to pick me up and rush me to denver 
> Health Medical if the convulsive grandmal seizure would not have stopped.
> Odie is my definite hero once again as he saved my life.
> Given that the time fram was more of a challenge, he only had five to ten 
> minutes to warn me of an appending seizure when it's usually twenty to 
> forty-five minutes.
> Although he hasn't been a guide dog for two years, he still travels with 
> me attached to a tie-down which I've teathered around my chair.
> Odie mainly travels with me as a four-legged furry partner whose purpose 
> is to make me aware of on-coming seizures or let me know if an emergency 
> vehicle coming toward us with the red and blue lights spinning rapidly as 
> that can also cause me to become affixiated and have a convulsive grandmal 
> seizure.
> He is learning to also keep his feet away from the wheels and although I 
> don't expect much of him, he still does a little bit of guide dog work, 
> except he'll pull me to the right or the left and get in front of me if I 
> do get too close to a car while crossing the street.
> I see my wheelchair doctor next month to give him an update and I hope 
> that I'll be able to get the paperwork rolling for GDB's program or GDF.
> Well, there's the long,story, so now, I'll sign off for here.
> Bibi, husband Dale and son Odie
> the happy spirited bounty labrawolf
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