Day 4 of J-term
After three days of researching the background of our patient and his/her vision problems, today is the first day I am finally observing the patient and his/her dog! I am very excited as I love dogs and I am also very curious to see how someone who is basically blind goes about certain parts of his/her day, specifically feeding/cooking for him/herself. I will update this blog after my session with the patient and record my thoughts below
UPDATE:
My partner and I just got back from observing our patient and it was extremely fascinating. I have so much more respect our patient as well as a greater appreciation of how well our patient is able to handle him/herself. We spent a majority of the time playing with our patient’s guide dog and observed firsthand our patient’s problem of being unable to find and retrieve his/her guide dog’s toys after a play session. This is definitely a problem I think my group will end up tackling given the short length of the J-term and how we think this is a serious enough of a problem. I look forward to brainstorming with my group and will make sure to update the blog with some of our ideas.
-Albert C
BME Design 