Susan Butcher
Susan Butcher
Susan Howlet Butcherwas an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years. She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day...
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I've been pretty tired. It's hit me pretty hard.
cart feet good helping hospital push
They each come over to the hospital every day. We play games. They push my IV cart around so I can walk, and they are good at massaging my feet and helping me feel better.
battle bones broken choose given loved pain
There was a lot of pain. I've broken a lot of bones out there, but it was what I loved doing. I didn't really choose to have leukemia. This is just a battle that was given me.
women quitting knows
I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.
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I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher.
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Dogs have a lot to communicate to a person willing to listen.
fighting want awful
A friend of mine said, 'Leukemia hasn't met Susan Butcher yet,' and I agree with her. It's going to have to fight awful hard if it wants to take me.
dog doe care
I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.