Sad news - please help Lucy and Jeremy Barrett to fight Leukemia

[aftershocks]

Ryan Bradley is a mensch! Opening the show jumping to his unnatural left!

It was lots of fun. Thanks for sharing this fundraising event with everyone @Sylvia and @misskarne. Thanks to all who participated! Best wishes to Lucy, Jeremy & their new son, Watson!

 

[Sylvia]

Tampa Bay Times article: Figure-skating community rallies to support one of its own

But when Lucy was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, that all changed.
After an anniversary picture was snapped, she put on a white surgical mask and walked into the hospital to resume her first round of chemotherapy, light enough not to hurt the baby, she was told.
That didn't work, however, and the family chose to induce labor in order to try something else. Watson, her first son, was born at 33 weeks, weighing 4 pounds 12 ounces.
Two days later, Lucy started aggressive chemotherapy. Eventually, she would lose her long brown hair.

But throughout the experience, she also has found support in the figure-skating community — benefit shows, phone calls from an Olympic gold medalist [Scott Hamilton] and donations in the tens of thousands of dollars to help cover medical expenses.
Now, Lucy is on a mission to be better by this winter so she can spend the holidays with her son.
"I just want to be out of hospitals and out of chemo by Christmas," she said. "We don't need to have super-elaborate plans, I just want to be free from hospitals and with my family."