OpinionMay 3, 2005

To the editor: I have a sister who's crippled. Her doctor wrote a statement for her to have a support dog. Her landlord's boss will not let a blind person have a seeing-eye dog, much less an aid dog for my sister. By law, no one can be deprived of having what her doctor ordered. This is making it where she is not listening to her doctor. She has a doctor's appointment this week, and her doctor will have a hissy...

To the editor:

I have a sister who's crippled. Her doctor wrote a statement for her to have a support dog. Her landlord's boss will not let a blind person have a seeing-eye dog, much less an aid dog for my sister.

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By law, no one can be deprived of having what her doctor ordered. This is making it where she is not listening to her doctor. She has a doctor's appointment this week, and her doctor will have a hissy.

BARB WILLS, Cape Girardeau

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