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He's such an amazingly patient and great trooper!

In this photo released by the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine Barbaro stands in his stall in the ICU with the aid of a sling to help him lessen his weight in his rear legs at University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center Thursday, July 13, 2006 in Kennett Square, Pa.

In this photo released by the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Dean Richardson walks Barbaro around the ICU at University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center Thursday, July 13, 2006

Let me say this to all you good and kind Barbaro folks ........................ I love this dear animal and feel (liberal word) that he will be fine.

GOD (not so much a liberal word) ............. I pray that I'm right.

Pray..........he's a darling and deserves to live.

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I love all you folks who have kept the feeling and yearning for this good animal. Thank you so much .......... it matters. And it says so much about your overwhelming goodness!

Thank you for the pix. I was soooo happy to see these today - and more than anything, to see the little children's tributes on the fence.

The MSM had written a very sad piece this week about how all the cards pinned to Barbaro's stall were old, from the first week after the Preakness - and how all the flowers and fruit were gone, on and on.

It was like one of those pre-written obituaries they have on file for great dignitaries. (I'm sure yours and mine are in there, too, lol.) Admittedly, it was a sad time and things weren't looking good, as they still aren't.

But I wanted to scream at them that, first of all, the *overflow* gifts were given to the other sick horses and animals long ago - and the edibles that *continue* to come in each day are *consumed* by the very sick horse that you (MSM) believe/wish to be near-death!

Second, we know little children's attention spans aren't all that great, so expecting them to still be sending huge numbers of cards and letters and bringing in posters to cheer up Barbaro - and the Jacksons and Doc Richardson and Michael Matz and Kathy Anderson and the New Bolton staff - is a bit much to expect.

However, I'd be willing to *bet* it's their teachers who moved on pretty quickly and, although now on summer vacation, many of those children - as proven by the pix today and the stories of the various kids who begged their parents to drive them to Philly to see Barbaro - are still thinking of him and wanting to do things for him, but just can't.

Third, the MSM writers are very obviously not keeping up with the Barbaro messageboard on the New Bolton site, which has had posts of well-wishes and prayers nearly every minute (60 seconds) since the injury happened and the bulletin board went up. They have to limit the number of messages posted to just so many on the one page - the messages are constantly updating, with new ones replacing the old ones. I hope they realize that!

Fourth, they obviously aren't reading FR, lol, but who would've expected that, anyway? Then there are the advance sales of the Breyer horse Barbaro and Beanie Baby Barbaro and all the charity contributions being given to New Bolton, to the Jockey Fund and many other horse-related foundations, on behalf of, or inspired by, Barbaro.

Fifth - and maybe most important - is that this precious, brave, patient horse has been doing great for 7 weeks! Unfortunately, the laminitis that Doc R has been warning us all about for all this time, did happen - and evidently, right about the time it normally would, if it were going to, just after 6 weeks. Yes, it's a gloomy prognosis, but never underestimate the power of prayer.

I could go on, but that's the main thing I wanted to rant about. I was ssooo very glad to see those kids bring in those posters and flowers and put up their tributes. No one has forgotten, MSM, but you! Good news was such a *yawn,* wasn't it?

Thanks, STARWISE!