Hello,
Another good day out here in Buffalo. Rita is doing well and continues to improve her strength and endurance. Many of you may remember that after Rita beat breast cancer, she trained and ran the Boilermaker in July, 1996. Well, on the unit here, 33 laps around the unit is one mile. Today she did 40 laps!! All without her walker and some not even holding my hand - totally independent!! I'm beginning to wonder if there is another Boilermaker in my future. I think I better start excersing a little myself so that I can keep up. Nothing that Rita accomplishes surprises me. She has taken this little speed bump as an apportunity to let leukemia know that it has met its match. Its kind of like the Charlie Daniels song with Johnny, the devil and the fiddle - leukemia is the devil and Rita is Johnny. Soon, the devil will know it has been beaten by the best.
As you can probably tell, I am so proud of Rita. She just continues to amaze us and give us strength to keep going. Funny, aren't we supposed to be doing that for her? Some things just don't change. No matter how difficult this is, and for Rita it is harder than we can imagine, she refuses to give up and works hard to go the extra mile.
OK for now - Goodnight, Dave & Rita
Are you kidding me...that Boilermaker was 14 years ago!! Oh, the memories! Bill still tells people he finished right ahead of the street sweepers :) Geeze that was fun. Bill still has his copy of his journal he wrote. Yes, Rita and Dave, a repeat might be in our future. Prayers, love and hugs sent your way.
ReplyDeleteGod has blessed Rita with unbelievable determination! I think the chicken soup is working, too! And... your belief in her, Dave. Love and prayers each and every day!Mike said,"Get home. Rita. I haven't had a dessert since you were at camp!!!" Love you. Mike and Annett
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