[nagdu] 11th trip in the ambulance

[Sarah]

Bibi, that is awesome that you are all right and that Odie is 
such a good boy, and so well trained.  You should seriously 
consider writing a book on Odie, people would love to hear all 
about Odie, including me.  Glad you are feeling well and that 
Odie is calm.

Sarah and Wizard

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From: "Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire" 
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Date sent: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 21:24:04 -0600
Subject: [nagdu] 11th trip in the ambulance

Hi, all,
Well, I didn't want to do it, but had to last Tuesday, July 2nd, 
2013.
The night before on the 1st, Odie began to alert that something 
was medicall wrong with me.
Sure enough, he was right.
As I bent down to clean up after him, it felt as though someone 
kicked me square in the chest or just punched me hard.
I felt myself short of breath and figured I'd try to sleep off my 
asthma trouble.
Next morning around 7:00 in the morning, I woke up and Odie was 
pushing on the bed matress, telling me that I really needed to 
get medical help, fast.
I felt that Odie was my priority who needed to be fed and 
bathroom right away.
Around 8:00 AM, I finally pushed my Gold Eagle Systems medical 
alert alarm, describing to the call center what was going on with 
me medically.
Denver Paramedic Dispatch called back, letting me know they 
received a medical alarm from Gold Eagle Systems and began to ask 
what was going on.
While talking with them, Fire Station4 and an ambulance showed 
up.
I made it clear that since Odie is my medical alert service dog, 
he would be going with me as me to the hospital.
i'll admit that by the time I arrived at the hospital and was 
settled in the exam room inside of the emergency room, Odie 
calmed down tremendously.
He actually went to sleep, being assured that I was going to be 
all right.
Cause of my asthma flare up was due to the heavy, duty, smoke 
from all the wild fires here in Colorado and being in an 
apartment complex where half of the air conditioning works right 
while the rest doesn.
Confession time here...
I'm sure some may think I was a little too rough on the fire 
department and paramedics when it came to me being firm that Odie 
was going with me, no ifs or buts.
Reason being is sadly, there have been cases which have popped up 
here in Denver, Colorado were some paramedics denied a service 
dog into the ambulance.
No good or clear reason why, but I hope this will be investigated 
further and if I have to fight that one, than I will do so.
I also forgot one thing.
I did praise Odie lots for letting me know there was definitely a 
medical problem that needed to be addressed immediately.
ONce inside the emergency examination room, a paramedic tapped 
the cushion bench just next to me on the left hand side to see if 
Odie would get up on it or not.
Thanks to the hard, training, my partner said, "Oh NO! I'm going 
to go underneath the bench to lie down on the floor like my mommy 
taught me."
Although I am feeling better, I still have to be careful and 
probably listen to the news more to keep a lookout on the air 
quality.
If it is really bad outdoors tomorrow, then I don't plan on going 
anywhere unless I absolutely have to.
I'm thankful and blessed to have Odie as my medical alert 
partner.
He's save me lots, even when it isn't medical related.
He's also a great walking live carbon manoxide/smoke detector as 
well.
If he were to smell smoke, he'll let me know immediately.
I just may have to write a book on my partner.
I'll probably call it:
Odie
The Four-legged Furry Hero
in the hopes that people may like it.
Well, catch you'alls soon.
Bibi and son Odie
medical alert angel
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