[nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2

Mon Mar 31 13:44:32 UTC 2014

Hi Marsha,
When my life settles down enough for me and they find another guide for 
me to train but the earliest I would be free is after the Deaf Blind Camp.
Janice
On 3/29/2014 1:02 PM, Marsha Drenth wrote:
> Janice, When will you be officially retiring your pup? And when do you think you will go back for a guide? Very curiously,
>
> Marsha drenth
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>
>> On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Janice Toothman <janice.toothman at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Trish,
>> No I am not allergic to Destiny but my Asthma is affected my many things-thankfully not dogs.  Unfortunately, I will probably have to give her back to the Guide Dog Foundation because I do not think I can afford to pay her vet bills-including four medicines and special dog food as much as I love her.  It will be heartrenching but I know that with Gods help and my friends on the DB lists and family I will get through it somehow and accept the new guide dog.
>> Janice
>>> On 3/24/2014 7:33 AM, Trish Hubschman wrote:
>>> Janice,
>>> We were talking about that on the other list.  I never thought of people
>>> having allergies regarding guide dogs.
>>> Are you allergic to  Destiny?  Where will she go if she's retired?
>>> Trish
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janice Toothman
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 8:29 PM
>>> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
>>>
>>> Hi Delcenia,
>>> Most guide dog schools have poodles or labradoodple (Labrador and poodle
>>> crosses) for people with allergies or family members with allergies.
>>> The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind where I received Destiny sends out
>>> hair/fur clippings or the possible matches to the student that they will use
>>> to see if they have an allergic reaction to the hair/fur before meeting the
>>> dog.
>>> It depends on how allergic people are to dogs for one and whether they take
>>> medication for it or not to control their allergies or is it so bad that
>>> they have to go to the hospital.
>>> Janice
>>>> On 3/20/2014 4:25 PM, Delcenia Brown wrote:
>>>> Hi Darlene,
>>>> Nice to meet you also. I am new to this list but not to NFB. I have
>>>> been a member for at least 8 years. I have work with the (BSVI) state
>>>> agency over 20 years but no one has ever told me about HK or that it
>>>> was an option for me. I am not sure if it is today. I want to keep
>>>> control and do things before it gets worst. Like I said I want to work
>>>> and with what I want  to do it has been challenging. Where did you get
>>>> your guide dog?  I started to applying at Seeing Eye last year but I
>>>> chicken out. I would like one. However, most of my family has
>>>> allergies and my grandchildren are terrified of dogs.
>>>> Delcenia
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Darlene Laibl-Crowe
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 3:46 PM
>>>> To: 'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List'
>>>> Subject: [nfb-db] Delcenia -- Usher2
>>>>
>>>> Hello, Delcenia!  Nice to meet you!  I am from Florida and I also have
>>>> Usher 2.  I was able to go to HKNC because I advocated for myself to
>>>> the state and justified as to why I needed their services.  My
>>>> reasoning was that there are NO services for Adult Deaf Blind
>>>> individuals in the State and I had also been a client of DBS since
>>>> 1986.  By the way, DBS means Division of Blind Services.  Anyway,
>>>> after a few years I kind of got lost in the state's system and was not
>>>> getting the services I needed.  So when I began to lose more hearing
>>>> and vision I struggled in a huge way.  I didn't know anything about
>>>> HKNC until I started doing research And found out about the Florida
>>>> Deaf Blind Association.  I soon met HKNC Southeast rep and many of the
>>>> members of that organization and within a year I was hearing to NY.
>>>>
>>>> The training is very expensive but the state more than willingly paid
>>>> for that service.  I am so grateful that they have.  Now, the state
>>>> has grown because I do all I can advocate and educate them and others
>>>> as needed.  I don't know everything but what I don't know I do my best to
>>> find out.
>>>> One
>>>> thing that I have learned is that it is important to know what
>>>> resources are out there and how you can use it for your specific
>>>> needs.  HKNC taught that to me and it is something that needs to be
>>>> taught to many.
>>>>
>>>> As for the balance issue, I, too, did not have problems with balance
>>>> but I've noticed more lately that I am getting dizzy...I think it is
>>>> because I can't quite focus on something to maintain a sense of
>>>> balance.  It isn't too bad...and hopefully it won't get worse.
>>>>
>>>> My guide dog is wonderful about being sure I am good on my feet. I've
>>>> noticed when I get a little off balanced she will slow down and let me
>>>> kind of lean on her a bit to get myself oriented again.  She is
>>>> amazing and I am so glad I have her.
>>>>
>>>> I, too, am fairly new to NFB...a little over a year now.  NFB is a
>>>> great learning experience as well!
>>>>
>>>> Hope you are able to go to HKNC, it is very a rewarding experience!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (smile)
>>>> Darlene
>>>>
>>>> "God wants to breathe new life into your dreams. He wants to breathe
>>>> new hope into your heart. Don't give up. Hold on and you'll begin to
>>>> see Him do amazing things"
>>>>    ~               Joel Osteen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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