"Anna" the Service Dog for Garrett
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On my birthday, November 24, 2014, I went in on my day off to work on a high voltage job. Somehow the switchgear we were working on was reenergized and I was hit with 13,800 volts. I almost didn't make it. In the weeks that followed and through multiple surgeries, I ultimately lost my left hand and lower left arm and now deal with PTSD on a regular basis.
This goes back farther than one year though, becuase in 2000, my dad and I were in a vehicle accident that did serious damage to the both of us and took his left arm as well. When my high-voltage accident occured, it brought all of the past back to the present and has definitely changed my life. PTSD is not something I would wish on anyone, but it is a reality and it is something that I see God is using in my life for good.
My next step is to get a service dog (Anna (like from Frozen), due to be born in the next two weeks) that will be trained to help with PTSD. The process for training a service dog is a long and expensive one and is not something that our insurance will not cover - but it's definitely something I need and my doctors agree.
Once Anna is born we will be responsible to raise her for the first eight months in a very specific way and then both she and I will be having to go through training.
Our GoFundMe funds will go to help offset the costs associated with purchasing, raising and training a service dog. There are also modifications that will need to be done to our house and vehicles to accomodate a trained service dog. It's going to be a process, but we know that this is the next step in this incredible journey.
Thank you so much!
Garrett, Ericka, Colin, and Adyn
This goes back farther than one year though, becuase in 2000, my dad and I were in a vehicle accident that did serious damage to the both of us and took his left arm as well. When my high-voltage accident occured, it brought all of the past back to the present and has definitely changed my life. PTSD is not something I would wish on anyone, but it is a reality and it is something that I see God is using in my life for good.
My next step is to get a service dog (Anna (like from Frozen), due to be born in the next two weeks) that will be trained to help with PTSD. The process for training a service dog is a long and expensive one and is not something that our insurance will not cover - but it's definitely something I need and my doctors agree.
Once Anna is born we will be responsible to raise her for the first eight months in a very specific way and then both she and I will be having to go through training.
Our GoFundMe funds will go to help offset the costs associated with purchasing, raising and training a service dog. There are also modifications that will need to be done to our house and vehicles to accomodate a trained service dog. It's going to be a process, but we know that this is the next step in this incredible journey.
Thank you so much!
Garrett, Ericka, Colin, and Adyn
Organizer
Garrett Faulk
Organizer
Lake Charles, LA