Kerrilynn Lacerte and Shadow Providence, Rhode Island Shadow and I are home and doing well. The support I was given at NEADS and the help of my family are invaluable. Shadow is invaluable. He has helped me reclaim my life! Please help me sponsor him! I have a rare genetic collage deficiency called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. This causes a multitude of potentially dangerous problems. I experience many dislocations and subluxations which are incredibly painful and scary because those who care for me cannot always be around should I have an accident. I tend to lose my balance and fall into things. I also have low blood pressure and a high heart rate and fainting/dizzy spells. I live in constant pain and struggle with debilitating fatigue. Shadow has been such a great help. He knows to get my phone should I need it. If I fall or become incapacitated, he is trained to bark incessantly so that someone will hear him and come check on me. Having Shadow in my life has made such a difference. People don't stare as much, they come up to me and ask about Shadow rather than focus on me and my illness. He has helped me with daily activities, as well as give me a devoted companion and keep me company when I am homebound by my illness.

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