I am a firm believer in the power of prayers and that nothing is impossible when enough of us get together and send out healing and loving thoughts to those of our friends in need. I know for sure that ths has made a huge difference in the lives of my Mom and so many others.
So to add to those of our friends and family we are already praying for, I would love it if everyone will remember 2 wonderful horse people who need our well wishes right now; Charlie Weaver, one of the top Hunter trainers of this era, and Dr. Midge Leitch, many time Olympic Team Veterinarian. Charlie had a fall and suffered traumatic injuries to his spine and is recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami under the care of the same great doctors who did my back surgery a year and a half ago. I can tell you for sure there is no better place in the world for Charlie to be receiving his care and hear he is making great improvement daily. Our friend, Kim Tudor, has created a facebook page for him where you can go for updates on his progress and to send him messages. Please do this as often as possible as he is definitely enjoying hearing from us all.

Midge was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer which has gone to her spine in a few places and is estrogen driven. I spoke with her today and she is very upbeat and is already feeling positive results from the estrogen blocking drugs as well as the radiation she has received to kill the tumors. This is great news and I feel certain these medications will starve those little suckers right into a very quick and painless demise.
I told Midge that we absolutely have got to stop having all this drama in our lives, since we promised each-other we would do exactly that after our last Olympic stint together. It seems neither of us did a very good job of simplifying our lives, eh?

One final note to say that I was very sad to hear of the passing of Sue Sexton, one of the greatest horse photographers and a good friend for many years. Sue was one of those people who I could run into after not seeing her for years and pick right up as if it were yesterday. She had so many friends and will be sorely missed.

So, to my friends and readers around the world, keep the prayers and good thoughts going out to these and all the others who we know and love. We should not only hope for, but truly expect miracles to happen. I see them every day of my life!

Cheers!

RD

Posted: Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
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