[nagdu] Travel adventure, Long Rest and Backwards Walking

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Bibi.
How come you had to walk backwards?  Do flashing lights trigger your
seizures?  If that's the reason, would closing your eyes work as well as
walking backwards?
Just curious.
Tracy

> Hi, all,
> Odie and I hung out with Nat and Liam for a while as she needed to do a
> few errands first.
> We then went to eat out at Good Times and the fun began afterwards.
> My husband, Dale met us on the route52 bus and we deboarded off the bus at
> 20th and Chestnut.
> We had a rather interesting time of finding the Amtraak Customer Service
> Office to go take care of mine and Nat's first trip for the train ride to
> Reno, Nevada.
> On the way back, the travel adventure became more rougher as there was a
> huge apartment complex we had to walk around and construction was
> happening too.
> There were some light rail tracks being installed not too far from where
> the place we were at.
> While dealing with the construction zone, Odie stopped at one point so I
> could check to see where we were briefly.
> Once Dale reassured me of what was going on, Odie and I went on our way.
> Next part up in the construction wite was we would have to cross over an
> island in the middle of the street.
> Around the corner before the island though, Odie suddenly s stopped again,
> pushing me up against the curb, turning his body in front of me and giving
> me the indication to step up on to the curb in a dirt pile.
> An RTD articular bus was fixing to slowly turn the corner to make a right
> hand turn.
> I didn't blame Odie one bit for wanting to keep us both out of the way of
> the bus.
> Eventually, we finally made it back to Sunset Park Apartments.
> I ended up going with Natalie to help her get Liam's dog food and other
> things home to her home.
> We left my apartment complex around 9:00 PM to slowly make our way to the
> bus stop near the Fire Station.
> As Nat and I were sitting down on the bench, Odie suddenly reacted to the
> fire station.
> I then heard the loud Public address speaker inside the department and
> said, "Uh Oh."
> Odie sprang up off the ground and I immediately got up to turn around and
> face Nat's direction as I knew a fire truck was going to be shooting out
> of the garage of the fire department.
> Once the bus pulled up which was the route38, all four of us got on.
> I hung out at Nat's place for an hour, then left to go get the bus back
> home.
> Yesterday, Dale, Odie and I ended up resting as all three of us were
> extremely tired.
> Earlier this morning, the fire department and paramedics ended up coming
> to the building to take a resident to the hospital.
> Odie wanted to go outtside as he obviously needed to go take care of
> business.
> Once getting downstairs and outtside, I ended up having to side step and
> walk sideways with my back facing the fire truck and ambulance to avid
> having a seizure right on the spot.
> After getting Odie's doggy trash off the ground and disposing it, I again
> walked backwards toward the gate.
> Odie who was on my left side immediately switched to my right side and I
> changed his leash to my right hand.
> I could tell he was looking at me in a weird way and thinking, "Mommy!
> What are you doing walking backwards like this?"
> Upon entering back inside, I had to stop and rest for a few miuntes, along
> with waiting for the fire department and paramedics to exit from the
> elevator with their paitient on the roll away bed.
> As for having to walk sieways or do backwards, I'd never do that when
> having to cross a busy street or near areas where there would be high
> activity going on.
> *Smiles*
> Bibi, husband Dale and son Odie
> medical alert service dog
> the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
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