@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member has answers for you. This is his response to a question I asked awhile ago: I've was homebound for about a year after I had brain surgery performed in "2001". I was then partnered with my first "service dog" that helped me regain my independence. Now, in "2017" I have had two great "canine partners" over the past sixteen (16) years and I am able to accomplish anything I want in life. I formed a nonprofit organization, called: "My Assistance Dog Inc." (www.myassistancedoginc.org) to help educate and inform people about assistance dogs and the amazing work that they can perform. We have been successful helping people around the world truly understand the benefits these dogs perform. We have a following on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MyAssistanceDogInc). I learned that it even with my disability, I could lead a meaningful life and help others do the same.

I was very close to getting a dog from them. Close enough that they called me and said one was ready but I ended up turning it down. I told them to keep me on the list but I noticed I didn't need one at the moment because my seizures were well under control at that moment. When I was younger the dog would have been more useful but after becoming an adult my seizure were more control because of new medication. What made me decide to turn the dog down was because I thought this dog is going to be with me 24/7 and if I am not having a seizure day by day then the dog may not be doing his/her job like should its meant to be. I still have seizures just not daily.