Dana,

        Good luck on the surgery  and I do hope they let Gillis go with you.
Sometimes I think dogs are nicer than people.

Bobby


>Oh, that's in the works. My husband thinks however it's bad to mention
>lawsuit when I am going in for surgery, since he thinks it'll affect my
>quality of care. If they don't allow Gillis in, I won't push it, but after
>I'm out, they ARE being sued. They've made me so mad, it's going to happen.
>
>At 12:28 PM 7/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>It is against the law to disallow a service dog access to their master.
>>Mention this and ask if their hospital could possibly operate without
>>Federal funds!!!
>>A lawsuit would render them ineligible for Medicare
>>  funds, I think.
>>
>>Bobby
>>
>>
>> >I am scheduled to go into the hospital on July 16th to have the baclofen
>> >pump installed. The University of Washington Medical Center was asked a
>> >month ago for their Service Dog policy, and I have yet to see it. I keep
>> >telling the hospital that I AM bringing my Doberman Pinscher to the
>> >hospital to stay with me, and some people say it's okay, and some say NO!
>> >But, I can't get a straight answer, and a friend of mine, after 3 weeks of
>> >having her dog with her, was told to have her dog removed and NOT have him
>> >come back. She knows it's because of another disabled person who let their
>> >dog run around OFF-LEAD and under no control. It's NOT fair to us who are
>> >responsible, and I NEED my dog with me (according to the Pre-Surgery clinic
>> >nurse), I won't need my dog because people will be caring for me.
>> >
>> >
>> >Dana Marshall
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