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Woman’s best friend : Service dog alerts S.B. resident when she’s about to fall ill
DAVE MASON, NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER July 7, 2010 6:18 AM Kara Peterson is alive because of her dogs. “I can’t tell you how many times they have saved my life,” the Santa Barbara resident said, as Spirit, a 2-year-old golden retriever with a shiny coat, toothy smile and friendly eyes, sat on the floor of [...]
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Walter. My Husband Walter Peterson is my best friend and the love of my life. We met when I was in pre-nursing school and I was a single mom. We had our first kiss on our third date and it was just magical, as if we both knew from that moment, but still took it [...]
As most of you know I was unable to visit UCLA due to the latex facility & risk of exposure. However I spoke to the Brilliant Doctor who I was to see & he is helping me unseen! He has found a new local allergist for me to see, as well as for a second [...]
Get yours now! It may seem only five have sold, but I have been sent checks to buy books. We started with 25 books, 12 have sold including the Autographed book for $50.00. Mark at Pro-Train is where I got Spirit & he trained her. Please look at his site. http://www.protraindog.com/ Mark “The dogman can!” bought [...]
My service dog Spirit
I have been getting a lot of prayers and I want to say “Thank You!” I have been ill, worse than my normal (that is bad enough) for about two weeks. I am in a hyper-allergenic state & constantly going into shock. Since Friday I have needed to have someone watch me 24 hours a day. [...]
I have an update for all of you. We are traveling to UCLA to see a new allergist there who is very interested on my blood draw results. The very high inflammatory protein levels & other labs that do say something is very wrong, but what? He is going to see me Feb.15th or sooner [...]
“Two Plus Four Equals One” is my FAVORITE book to date!! It is a collection of over 100 touching service dog stories, & just released. 24 books have been donated & are for sale for ONLY $20.00! One extra signed copy will start at $25.00 & go to the highest bidder. Please order before they [...]
Raffle winners will be posted soon! The lucky participants are on the GiveForward page, GOOD LUCK! THANK YOU for all of your support!
I have been very ill this weekend, had to use Epinephrine twice yesterday as well as oxygen, my throat did close all the way at one point, but the Epinephrine opened it up. The latest news is that my blood work was tested and has shown an extremely high inflammatory protein. My doctors here [...]
Hi Everyone! I am out of the Hospital after almost a week in the ICU. Well been resting another week. It was not fun, but I hardly remember much, just the last two days. They kept me on an anesthesia medication to keep me rested and that I also would not remember. I was in [...]
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- [caption id="attachment_347" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="USS IWO Jima Fleet Week 2010"][/caption] Kameron my son will be 22 years old this month. He is a Santa Barbara native and born at SB Cottage hospital here in 1988. Graduated DPHS in 2006. LCPL Reif, Kameron is currently a United States Marine and he is stationed at Camp Lejeune NC. LCPL Reif, Kameron is in the 2nd BTN Light Armored Reconnaissance Echo Co. For Memorial Day he celebrated Fleet Week in Ney York City. LCPL Reif was standing on the front of the USS Iwo Jima as it passed the statue of Liberty in the Hudson River. In NY the Marines were greeted with open arms! I was ill during this time but I tried to watch the news as much as I could. He had called me that morning to tell me to watch the news, he was standing on the front of the ship as it entered and helicopters and the news was all over. I flipped channels and got just glimpses of the ship. I was upset that maybe I had missed a photo of him, and they all look alike, but this was his short week of fame. I asked some friends from a group called “Freecycle” and many strangers looked for photos of Marines to see if one was my son! What are the odds? I showed a photo to my son, and yes he was in the photo! In fact the photo had been on the cover of the New York Times! He said “yes Mom that is me, furthest on the right!” [caption id="attachment_346" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Front Page of The New York Times Furthest Right"][/caption] We are so proud. This illness effected and scared him a lot growing up, he still worries about me. I think it was best that he got to move on away from the stress of me being sick every day. I do not like to think of it but he will go to Afghanistan, and I am proud of him, and I know he wants to go so I respect that. #
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This site is a collaborative effort by friends, family, Spirit and Kara herself. This site was launched in an effort to provide Kara with support. Currently she hopes to be able to go to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for treatment. Medical costs are high as well as finding safe transportation.
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