Hey Rhonda,
Glad that everything ended up well and that you are okay.  Still praying!
Kathy


At 03:20 PM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
>It started out like any other Sunday morning does.  I woke up early because
>Bowers wanted to go out, she is used to getting up early.  So I went
>outside, we have a leash we hook to the  railing of the deck that way Bowers
>can go about 20 feet and I can stand on the porch, well,  she must have seen
>something, a kitten, or something because she broke the  leash, nylon I
>think, and I couldn't find her for a few minutes.  Poor Ben came out,  he
>doesn't see well anymore, he found her, she didn't come when I called her
>because she was tangled in some bushes in some woods at the back of our
>yard, he got her, but fell down himself in the process.
>In the meantime I had called  Christa our youngest daughter who had spent
>the night at Jenna's apartment, and she came home!!! so all is well now, I
>have a retractable leash I can hold so I know if Bowers makes any strange
>movements and I can tell her "no"  when not in harness  guide dogs are like
>any other animal, it is of course easier to control them if you know wh at
>they are doing!!!
>my goodness!!!
>Ben isn't feeling well lately, I worry about him.  I am looking to some sort
>of clinic that might have a sliding scale, they said his kidneys weren't
>functioning properly or at peak levels a few months back!!!
>still waiting about the  drug assistance program too!!!
>Rhonda