Health Category

MD sends postcard informing patient has basal cell carcinoma

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Ann Handley, one of my heroes, just blogged about something significant. To her. And to many others.
A week or so after she visited a dermatologist, she “got a flimsy white postcard in the mail from the doctor’s office. On it were three pre-printed options with open boxes next to them, and one was checked off: [...]

Alex Harpole with Mt Everest Base Camp Team

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Alex’s mother, Carrie, send 4 Paws for Ability “a picture of the Mt. Everest Team that will be leaving next week in honor of Alex. Lady and Alex were filmed for their part of the documentry last week. You can also view more about their trip at www.efky.org We had a banner [...]

Service Dog watches over JJ in hospital

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Thyme, JJ’s service dog, was devastated when she couldn’t spend the night in the hospital with JJ. Once the family and Thyme arrived at home, she began fussing and fretting. She kept JJ’s dad, Neil, awake all night, pestering him to get her back to her boy.
Here’s [...]

Service dog helps heal and saves a life

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Note from Judy: I thought it would be fun to share some of the stories of families who have 4 Paws for Ability service dogs that have affected their lives. Here’s one about a brother and sister who use a service dog:
September 9, 2008. WOW, it has been almost 9 months since bringing Brock home [...]

Bloggers Launch TrainforHumanity.org Humanitarian Initiative

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Over the past five years, 200,000 civilians have died due to violence, malnutrition, and disease in Darfur and an additional 2.2 million people have been displaced. We want to do something about it.
Fed up with watching humanitarian crises on the evening news and not doing anything to help, a group of bloggers (most notably, Leo [...]

Homemade Travel Hand Wipes

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Does your special needs child need a service dog?

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Dog helps 10-year-old function

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Dylan Stewart approved for multipurpose service dog!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Multipurpose Assistance Dog will help Paul Wallace overcome disabilities

Monday, February 18th, 2008