Leigh Anne Marrin and Mobility Assist Dog Ginger In a house in northeast Minneapolis, Leigh Anne Marrin is adjusting to life with a new sense of mobility. Leigh Anne has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a group of connective tissue disorders that causes joints to be constantly fatigued, or to partially or fully dislocate. The syndrome has affected her grip strength, making it difficult to grab heavier objects. And once she’s grabbed something, she can’t combine movements like lift and pull, or reach and push. To ease some of the dislocations she experiences, Leigh Anne had foot surgery to put pins in her …
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The Help She Needed
Laurie Tschida and Mobility Assist Dog Tikki Laurie Tschida lives in a quiet neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband, Jim. After losing their Terrier, Lucy, things seemed even quieter. But now the house is much livelier with the addition of Tikki, Laurie’s Mobility Assist Dog. “When we were first learning brace, I really needed help getting off the kitchen floor, and when [Tikki] did it for me I just started bawling,” Laurie says. “That just was everything to me … Then I knew that this was going to be right—that she was going to be the help I …
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