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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Changing Lives

One of my really awesome volunteers returned from a trip today. She was so excited to tel me about a young man they had met during their trip. He was a soldier stationed in Iraq. There was an IED that was used on the vehicle he was driving, and resulted in the loss of both of his legs. He had to be in a hospital for many months and then had a slow adjustment to life in a wheelchair. One of the things he learned about during his rehabilitation were service dogs.

Once ready he applied for a dog from CCI. They have been together 6 months and he said that the dog has completely changed his life. Going out again, meeting people again, being independent: all these things he credited his service dog with helping him.

What amazing dogs: what an amazing difference they can make in our lives.

2 comments:

Becky Andrews said...

What a touching story - these dogs are truly amazing (and the people that raise them :D)

OSU 98 said...

I volunteer for CCI North Central divison...they are AWESOME. I hope to raise a puppy for them one day. :)