[nagdu] fall

[Jennifer Woods]

Hi Rachel,

Wow I am happy to hear that your knee isn't broken! Sounds extremely scary and painful.

Where is lady from? Which school?
Is your complex someplace you moved after you got lady?



On May 4, 2015, at 9:28 PM, Rachel Krieg via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Hi, all.



Sunday afternoon, I was taking the trash out. I used my cane because I need
to be able to use my cane in case something happens to Lady, God forbid.



Well, I was about to cross, and the next thing I knew, I was on the ground
with all my weight falling on my left knee.



I went to urgent care today, and they x-rayed it. It hurts a lot, but thank
God, it isn't broken.



Lady could tell I was in pain, and wouldn't leave my side when I was getting
x-rays. Usually, I'd have her go into the control room with the tech, but
she refused.



I've been given strict orders to follow up in a week, sooner if it gets
worse. They also told me to not leave the house without Lady. If it happens
again, and she's with me, if I feel like I'm going to fall, I give her the
command brace, and she helps me regain my balance.



I'm so blessed to have Lady, I was stupid for not taking her, but if she
can't work for whatever reason, I need to be able to navigate the complex
with a cane. It's difficult, it really is.



However, Pilot is starting a mobility program where Steve Hoyt teaches cane
travel. He is a dog trainer, too, but he got his Master's in orientation and
mobility.



Leader does a similar program too, which I think is neat.



Anyhow, I'm glad the knee wasn't broken, as if it had been, I would have to
have used crutches and I'm not sure how I would have done that with a cane
or a dog.

Rachel and Lady the lovable lab



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