by Di* » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:24 pm
I posted this on the main page but here it is for those who haven't seen it yet...from Jen's website;
""After a good rest and reflection, we decided as long as the rest of
the dogs were healthy and ready to go, we would continue to Nome.
Aries spent the night here at the school getting IV fluids and pain
meds. He was flown out this morning for further care. He has been a
really good boy through all this. He has a lot of soft tissue damage
beneath his left shoulder, but he has been stable and calm the whole
time. Hopefully, he will be able to recover fully. Lorn had been an
incredible member of the team the whole race. She had eaten well and
performed 100% the whole way... I was so very proud of her. The
accident was the worst nightmare imaginable. We are so lucky neither
Blake or I was struck and more dogs were not injured. I thought wwe
had just witness half my team killed at the time.
After 3 hours of sleep, we went out to feed and the dogs were all
quite perky and ate great. At the time of the accident, we were both
sure our race was over. However, on the long run to the checkpoint we
realized we would be working through this tragedy wether we were on
the trail or scratching. If we were not traveling together as we are,
it would be harder to go on. But we have eachother for support and
company. We just want to travel the rest of the trail with no
thoughts of competition at all.
Thank you for all your support.
Jen and Blake""
Glad they aren't stopping....
