Service Dog inspires Veteran to Tell His Story through Children’s Books

A yellow labrador retriever service dog is standing with his tongue out.

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Stationed in the North Atlantic, D.K. Adams suffered three concussions and blunt force trauma during his service as part of the Coast Guard during the Vietnam War. Over a 30 year period, these injuries resulted in Veteran Adams losing most of his sight. He has endured over 33 surgeries to his eyes. This has included a partial corneal transplant in his fight to keep the five percent vision that remains in his right eye.

 

To journey through his challenges, Adams turned to writing. He has authored a series of books for children, all featuring his service dog Ace.

 

Adams has channeled his struggles with losing his sight into writing a series of books, including three children’s books, starring his service dog, Ace.

 

The book series centers around Ace and shows the world from his dog’s angle. This whimsical approach shows readers the perspective of visually impaired people and the types of trials they can face.

With a Huge Storm Coming Student Pleads with Teacher to Bring Her Dog to Her Favorite Class. He Told Her She was Sucking Up.

A dog in a classroom.

The winds were increasing and Hurricane Irma was gaining momentum, college student Jessica Lewis knew she had one class to attend before evacuating. She was planning to leave campus and go to her family’s home by Atlanta.

lightning, thunder, lightning storm

Jessica knew she didn’t want to get stuck in traffic or waste time going back to her apartment. She wanted to bring her dog Luna to her last class and leave directly from there. But there was one catch she needed to get permission from her college teacher.

She sent a detailed email to her professor pleading for him to say yes, even complimenting him on how great of a professor he was. Jessica even added a few cute photos of Luna to get the teacher to say yes!

Jessica crossed her fingers and hoped that he would say yes while she got ready. She was a little surprised by his response.

Prof Responds to Request

“Did you think calling me ‘cool’ would get me to say yes,” he wrote. “Because it won’t work. What will work is that she’s obviously a good girl so of course, you can bring her.”

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