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[RC] Bekki Crippen - rides2farThanks so much to everyone on Ridecamp who came through for Bekki. Her surgery is this Friday. The following is from her mother: Hi Angie, Thank you more than I can say for all you are doing to help get Bekki through this. I think she has probably received close to 150 e-mails from endurance riders all over the world. So many of them have had a similar experience. She reads and re-reads them and most sent pics of their horses too. What a tremendous gift this has been and such a boost to her spirits (if she needed any!) Today she met with Ann Law, the dancer, who had a double mastectomy and who has a gorgeous tattoo. Ann helped her to understand what all is involved with the surgery, aftercare, healing time, etc. Her main message was: "Stay active, keep moving; don't let scar tissue form; don't lose your range of motion, etc." So we are going to have to get her back up on that horse just as soon as it is safe to do so! The "Longstreet Color Coordinated Challenge" has been quite an inspiration too. She tells everyone she meets about it and to hear her tell it, this is the most important event of the year. Also, thank you for agreeing to draw her tattoo. How cool is this???? snip< The tatoo thing caught me off guard. I didn't know that women who opt for no reconstruction consider tatoos. I'm not a fan of tatoos at all so when Bekki told me suddenly "I'm getting a tatoo" I wrinkled my nose and said I don't like tatoos, not realizing she meant *there*. Turned out she'd been building up to ask me if I would draw a horse smelling a rose (Bekki raises lots of great rose bushes). I felt bad that I"d discouraged her when he mom told me how much it meant to her so quickly backtracked. My older daughter, the tatoo fan, thinks it's quite funny that the most anti-tatoo person around is now in the design business. :-P I told Bill, "I'm scared to do it. I hate it when I design a T-shirt I'm not happy with and have to see people wearing them later. Bill's response was just "Hopefully she won't show it to anybody". >g< So, there's a new topic for anyone who wants to send her a note. Tatoo experiences. ;-) Bekki called me Saturday and I could tell she was smiling when she said, "I got lots of e-mails, I got a free entry in a ride in Oklahoma!" I said, "That's great, did you write any of them back?" ...silence...then, "Not yet". I think writing is a bit of a stuggle, but you can bet that if you sent one, she appreciated it and enjoyed it. Thanks to everyone. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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