My dear friends and family, As you all know on Jan. 18th my dear Charity foundered on me, but what you don't know is, 7 years ago she had a laminitis problem on the same foot. I have a story to tell you. Seven years ago I was using a different Vet, and Farrier. Charity developed a dished hoof on the right fore, which is a slight club foot anyway. I had her shoes pulled, and she was dead lame. I had my vet out, he x-rayed her and told me she had about a 1-2% rotation on the right foot. I never saw the x-rays. I was told to take weight off of her, have my farrier cut back her toes, and put pads on her. I did. By the grace of God, she went sound till The past January. I have had a different Vet for some time now, and a different farrier. Dr. Hylton x-rayed her, found a 12% rotation on the right fore, and about a 1-2% on the left. I was told to take weight off of her, put her on a special diet, have my farrier cut her toes WAY back, and put the special heart bar shoes on her. I was also told to start giving her the LaminaSaver supplement, and to go right by the directions on the label. That was doubling up for the first 12 weeks. I also, as you all know, asked for everyone to pray for her. After not quite 2 weeks, we re x-rayed her. She was now down to about 7-8%. I had my farrier, to my Vets instructions, reset the heart bars every 4 weeks. Next month we re x-rayed her, she was down to 2% on the right fore, the left was normal. Now, here is where the old x-rays come in. We started thinking, what did the x-rays look like from 7 years ago? So, Janice, who is Richard's office manager called my old Vets office. The old x-rays were found and I went and picked them up. What do you think we saw? The right fore foot wasn't 1-2%, it was more like 10%!!!! By the grace of God, that mare went sound. My poor girl was going around like this for 7 years! Now, our special news. I just had her re x-rayed on Monday. She is back to 1% on the right fore, which would be normal for a slight club foot. I have been able to ride her for the past 2 weeks now. I had Richard sound check her 2 weeks ago, and he proudly told me I could start riding again. I have been on her 3 times now, and today I decided to hop on her bare back. Everyone was out taking a lesson from Janice this morning, and I wanted to see what Janice thought. She said that Charity is moving more free than she has ever seen her, as long as she has known me. She feels better to me than she has in years. She has to feel better than she has in years! I can't wait to start loping her. I have to work up to it. Janice also told me that Richard never tells any of his clients to use any one product, but he is SOLD, on the LaminaSaver. He is using Charity as his example. WE turned that mare around in 3 1/2 months, where I was told 6 months to a year. All the good care and guidance I have been given by Dr. Richard Hylton, and my farrier, Jason Jacobs. I have been out there everyday walking that mare, rubbing her legs down, making sure she was fed the right things, by the way, I am moving her over to a friends house tomorrow so I can have control of exactly what she does eat, and make sure she's getting it. Everyone involved in helping make my beautiful Charity well, I thank from the bottom of my heart, but the most of all, I THANK GOD, because by the Grace of God, and HIS loving hands he has healed her, he had worked thru every one of us taking care of that mare. We not only brought her back to where she was, before this happened in January, but before what happened 7 years ago! I just wanted to share this with all of you. I feel truly blessed and touched by the hands of God.
Thank-you.
Darla~

**February, 12, 2002 Charity's update.