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Mushing Sled Dogs for a Mission

  • November 29, 2012
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Before she was struck with rabies, Jeanna Giese was an athlete. But after the disease robbed her of her strength, she doubted she would ever play sports again.A single ride on a dog sled changed everything.The 23-year-old Fond du Lac woman made worldwide headlines in 2004 when she became the only known person to survive rabies without a vaccine.Read more here: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20121129/OSH0101/311290207/Mushing-sled-dogs-mission?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7COSH-News&nclick_check=1

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