Hi Rhonda,
What a way to start the day!
I am glad that all is well now but that sure can be scary.
I am still praying for you and Ben.
Hang in there!
Huggs,
Virgie Underwood
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From: "Rhonda" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 3:20 PM
Subject: excitement


> 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