[nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian, September 24 2009

[Kaye Kipp]

Anybody for guide mice?  Oh, but they'd have to come in threes wouldn't 
they?

Kaye
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Olympian,September 24 2009


>I agree.
>
> Paul use to know a gal  in college who had a tarantula and I guess she 
> would
> let it crawl around in her hair.
>
> I would take a snake any day!
>
>
> Gloria Whipple
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> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jedi
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian,
> September 24 2009
>
> Well, personally, I had no problem with the snake. I don't know the 
> science
> behind it, but if the snake helps him and is out of the way, so be it. I
> rather like snakes, so perhaps I'm prejudiced in a positive direction.
>
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
>
>
> Original message:
>> Gad!  What next?  I hope they _do limit service animals to dogs.
>> That's enough!
>
>> Alco
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nightingale, Noel <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:32 AM
>> To: 'nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org' <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] A warm embrace from a slithery pal, The Olympian,
>> September 24 2009
>
>> And a slippery slope about which some of us have cautioned is
>> represented by this article
>
>
>> Link:
>> http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/980930.html
>
>> Text:
>> A warm embrace from a slithery pal
>> Service: Shelton man gets a hug from his boa constrictor to warn him
>> when a seizure is coming CHRISTIAN HILL; The Olympian Published
>> September 24, 2009
>
>> SHELTON - Most people would panic if a 4-foot boa constrictor draped
>> around their neck gave them a squeeze.
>
>> Daniel Greene, 46, credits the snake's embrace for helping him live a
>> fuller life. So much so, in fact, that he has vowed to fight a tabled
>> proposal by the federal government that would prevent him and many
>> others from taking what they consider their service animals into
>> stores and restaurants.
>
>> He said use of his reptilian aide gives him greater confidence when he
>> leaves home.
>
>> "I was walking around playing Russian roulette a lot of the time," he
>> said of the period before he began using the snake, named Redrock, as
>> a service animal.
>
>> Greene, who lives outside Shelton, suffers from epilepsy, a
>> neurological disorder characterized by unprovoked and reoccurring
>> seizures. He said the snake, its reddish-brown body draped around him
>> like a necktie when he's out in public, senses when a seizure is
>> imminent and gives him a light squeeze. The warning gives him enough
>> time to take medication to head off the attack, alert someone it's
>> coming or move to an area where the thrashing is not disruptive.
>
>> Greene blacks out during these episodes, but his wife, Karen, said the
>> snake's warning has headed off about a half-dozen seizures in
>> Redrock's five months with Greene. This month, Greene has had four
>> seizures at night - she refuses to let the boa constrictor share their
>> bed - but none during the day
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