Today I took Alice to her very first meeting! It was an in-person NAMI board meeting. We had a little difficulty getting in the building. I was a little sore from physical therapy yesterday, so decided to take my wheelchair. The front door doesn’t have a ramp yet, so I […]
Today I had my first real appointment with the physical therapist (as opposed to the last one, which was just an assessment). My rheumatologist sent me to get exercises I could do at home to strengthen my hips. I took Hestia since I knew I’d need to be concentrating on […]
Pictures below! Today we met with Brad’s ME/CFS specialist. We meet with him every year to see if there are any new treatments, and so that Brad has documentation for disability reviews. I decided to take Alice so I could work on her walking in different types of buildings. She’s […]
This morning I took Alice out with my new wheelchair to go shopping! I had to go to the ABC store and to the grocery store. I managed not to scrape up my wheelchair more getting it into the van, and off we headed. The ABC store (that’s what liquor […]
Today we met with my cardiologist. I took Alice in her pouch, as she is only just learning about walking inside of medical offices and this one’s busy. She was perfect! She was 100% comfortable at all times. She hung out in her pouch, leaned into me when I was […]
Today Alice walked on the floor for the first time in a medical office! We went to see my psych nurse, and everyone there is super supportive of my service dogs. Unfortunately Brad was too ill to come with me, so it was just Alice and me. Alice did a […]
Last weekend we went to the SC State Museum with Debbie and her service dog, Apollo. Below is a picture of us next to the sign for the museum—the first of many in this picture-rich story! (In all the pictures I am in my power wheelchair wearing a mint green […]
I am training Alice to be more comfortable around my wheelchair. Part of that involves training her to do a paws-up on my footplate so I can pick her up. Brad videotaped the end of our second training session on this today. Alice has it down pat!!! What a smart […]
Twice now I’ve taken Alice on morning walkies next to my wheelchair. She’s a little hesitant about getting too close to it in the house, so I figured getting out and moving would help her realize it can be a fun thing. Her position is pretty in line with me, […]
Today I took Alice to Academy Sports for a training outing! (Picture and video below). I needed to work on her walking past people and doing things on the floor generally, and she’s not yet comfortable enough walking next to my wheelchair so I had to walk it. We went […]
