Lillian, our family’s thoughts and prayers are with you. Get well soon!

The last report I've receivedd is that on a scale of 1 to 20 (20 being the worst) she is a 3. They believe once they let her out of the coma slowly, she should come out ok.

Keep us posted

Yesterday morning, Lillian Heller had an accident on the track at the polo club. She is now at Scripps Memorial in La Jolla and will have a CAT-SCAN today.

Lillian's family has been inundated with phone calls from the polo community. They are grateful for your concern, but they do not wish to be contacted during this very difficult time.

Lillian and her family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Thank you.

All of the crew at our barn are praying for you Lillian. They ask about your progress daily. Your horses are being well looked after and miss you too!

You are in our thoughts and prayers, if there is anything you need, do not hesitate to call.

All of the crew at our barn are praying for you Lillian. They ask about your progress daily. Your horses are being well looked after and miss you too!

The family is not able to take calls at this time and flowers are not allowed in ICU at the hospital.

If you want to send cards or letters you can send them to:

Lillian Heller
PO Box 9950,
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067

or

You are all in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. We all know how strong and courageous Lillian is, so if anyone can bounce back from this, Lillian will!

All our best,

Best regards,

Are the doctors keeping her in a coma for healing purposes, or is she in one that they are trying to pull her out of, but haven't been able to?

Any word on what the CAT scan revealed?

Thanks for posting your note. I'm glad you have been able to read the posts and share them with your family.

Everyone at the Club has been asking about Lillian daily, but not all of them have access to a computer or this message board. We are all praying for Lillian. The polo community is like a second family to many of us. Lillian is part of our polo family and we are all here for her and want to help in any way we can. So please don't hesitate to ask any of us for help. If there is anything special you want to post on this site or if you have information you would like to get out to the polo community, just let me know.

God Bless and thank you for your prayers; keep them coming.

Great news on the MRI. Wishing Lillian a full, speedy recovery, and for you, all the best.

My thoughts and prayers continue to be with you everyday.

We wish you a speedy recovery and send our love and support.

I met Lillian's brother Bobby yesterday at polo. He said the messages and prayers have helped more than we know. Her family reads these posts daily, so please keep the messages coming.

I continue to pray for you Lillian. My thoughts and prayers and with you and your family.

We continue to keep Lillian and her family in our prayers and hope for a full & speedy recovery.

I have just heard of Lillian's accident and I wanted to tell all how sorry I was to hear the news. My family and I are keeping Lillian in our thoughts and we hope that this New Year brings a speedy recovery! Please let me know if there is anything that can be done to help.

Thank you so very much for the kind & loving thoughts & prayers you are sending our way. They are tremendously helpful!!!

Dearest Eddie, Michael, and Jamie:
Our thoughts and prayers have been with you and Lillian everyday. Everyday we are praying for Lillian. Becky, Adam, and Hannah go to school each day and at Solomon Schechter and say a prayer for Lillian. Our words can not express how deeply saddened we are and concerned we are for Lillian and all of you. We are staying in-touch via Ira & Debbie & Joe. I (Susan) am so happy that last winter we spent two weeks together and I was able to get to know all of you. I finally was able to really sense the closness of the Weinstein-Heller relationship and it was such a sense of completness regarding that everyone still felt close to each other etc... I spent a lot of time with Lillian and really got to know her well. David loved the time he spent with you a few weeks ago.
Again we are thinking about you in our hearts, thoughts and prayers.

Love Always,

So much prayer--and at such a time as this, the New Year and the Ten Days of Repentance--really makes a difference. Refua Shelama to Lillian!

We see all these posts from the family and are amazed. How nice of you to think about us, far away and worried and unable to be there, when you have so much else to do. Thank you for all your words.

So please continue to post messages for Lillian and her family or updates if anyone has news. We continue to pray for Lillian and her family.

Your kind & loving thoughts & prayers continue to be a great source of comfort to us.

Again, Many Thanks & Love~

May G-d comfort you all now and in the upcoming holidays. I wish the entire Heller family the best and Lillian a full and speedy recovery.

IF YOU NEED ANYTHING DONE IN NASHVILLE YOU KNOW OUR PHONE NUMBER.

MUCH LOVE AND A SPECIAL KISS FOR LILLIAN

I am so happy to hear about Lillian's most recent progress. That is excellent news that she has opened her eye and that she is starting to respond. I will continue to pray for her.

Thank you for posting the update.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you always. We are optimistic that Lillian's progress will continue.

Love,

We are most grateful for your messages of prayer, love, & encouragement. When Sleeping Beauty awakens, we know she will be too~

Lillian had another great day! She moved her foot upon request; mouthed "OK", in response to a question; & recognized pictures of her children! We'll keep you updated.

As Always, Our Deepest Appreciation for all of your support~

It looks like everyone's thoughts are working along with Lillian's strong will! It is a great start to the New Year to see this progress. Our thoughts are with everyone for Lillian's quick recovery.

Lillian has been off the respirator for 2 days. When asked how she was doing, she mouthed,"I'm tired". She is expected to be out of ICU very soon. We'll keep you posted.

Once again, we thank you with all our hearts, for your prayers & compassionate messages. They are so very helpful & a comfort to everyone.

May God hold you close in His loving arms, Lillian, and may He grant peace and health to you and your wonderful family.

Baruch haShem! May it be His will that she have a complete and speedy recovery.

Lillian and her family are in our thoughts and prayers all the time. The congregation says special prayers for her on Shabbos. We hope, we look forward, to see her fully recovered very soon.

We are so glad at the progress you have been making. Keep up the good work!

You have been in our prayers from the first moment we heard about the accident. The love, support and prayers expressed on this web site for your recovery truly reveal what a special person you are and what you mean to so many people. May the new year be filled with only health and happiness for you and your family.

Marc, Stephanie, Ilana, Asher and L.E.

As many have reminded us (most recently, Judy Collins on this website 10/19), Lillian's recovery will be "day by day and inch by inch". Yesterday, Lillian started opening her right eye!

Stay tuned~
Our Continuing Gratitude & Warmest Wishes~

We are so happy to hear that you are getting better. We wish you a speedy and complete recovery.

Lillian continues to improve! Yesterday, she moved up to the 5th floor, for more physical & occupational therapy. Now we are praying for her to completely wake up, so she can begin a full rehab program.

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful group of loving people, helping us through this challenging time. As always... THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!!!

Again, I cannot thank you all enough for your good wishes and prayers and for taking the time to post on this site. Mom has been with Lillian every day since September 19th and she prints your postings and reads them to Lillian. Lynn, thank you so much for making it available to everyone.

All my love,

Lillian's Docs & respiratory therapists have been working w/ her to teach her to talk w/ her trach. When she takes a deep breath & talks slowly, her speech is very clear!!! As for her spirits... your stories & Bobby (our family comedian), have been keeping Lilly laughing!!!

AS ALWAYS... MANY THANKS FOR TAKING SUCH FINE CARE OF US~

I am so happy you are talking and singing too! What wonderful news. Every where I go in the Polo World people are asking me about you and how you are doing. I was just up at California Polo Club shooting photos at the Lan Chile 4 goal Arena Tournament and a number of people were asking me how you were doing and commenting on how happy they were that you are on the road to recovery. The most amazing part is a few of them had never met you, but have been following your progress on the PoloBARN message board. They log on daily to read the posts and to see how you are doing. You have friends you haven't even met yet! I can't wait for you to meet them all. So keep up the great work and all the laughing and smiling. As you said, humor is the best therapy for recovery. --Lynn

We are so happy to hear about your tremendous progress and we are thinking of you everyday. You are an amazing lady! David has been traveling a lot. Becky, Adam, and Hannah are doing well. It's only 12 months till Hannah's Bat Mitzvah It is just around the corner i can't believe it. Well, I need to go for now. keep up the excellent work!

God Bless!

First, Lillian's trach was changed to the smallest size. As soon as she is strong enough, she will be TRACH FREE!!!

Second, Harry Collins went home from the hospital yesterday!!! CONGRATULATIONS & WARMEST WISHES TO HARRY, JUDY, & ALL OF THE COLLINS FAMILY!!! GREAT WORK!!!

Our Dad, Gene, has been showing Lillian cartoons & reading her the captions. To everyone's delight, she is able to read the captions herself!

And speaking of reading, our Mom, Reva, continues to read all of your kind messages to Lillian. Your words & prayers are so healing...THANK YOU!!!

During physical therapy, she actually stood up today, semi-assisted, for almost a full minute! The therapist put her arms around her waist, loosened them for a for few moments and Lillian stood, wobbly, but standing for sure. Later, she sat up in a chair for about 20 minutes, something she said she liked very much.

One thing that is very noticeable now is how much she moves around. Her doctors say this is normal as she regains more and more cognition and movement. She’s very restless now, pulling sheets, hugging the bed railing, searching for the elusive perfect position that brings the most comfort.

Boredom is a big, ugly monster for Lillian now so distractions have been helpful. She asked if she could get physical therapy twice a day instead of just once, an obvious sign she’s got plenty of fight to pull her through the tough road ahead. She loves all the PoloBarn postings, all the great things people have shared…Keep them coming! Even though her attention span is limited, it’s increasing little by little. She asked for TV twice today and we got her a DVD player to watch home movies and favorite shows on demand. If you have any DVD video you want to send we will certainly play it for her! In the meantime, we’re putting together a video of some of her favorite things to keep her mind occupied when family & friends can’t be with her after visiting hours.

The music therapist came today, too. Trina is totally sweet with an angelic voice and nice rhythm on the guitar. She took requests and Lillian sang along, softly and deliberately to Delta Dawn, I Walk The Line and Let It Be. She knew all the words, never missed a beat. It was really something to see.

I have been keeping up with your progress since the accident occured. My family has written encouraging you and I take this time now to say how proud I am of your soon to be full recovery. I never doubted you for a second but must admit, that at times I was frightened nevertheless. I couldn't imagine not having my teamate and more importantly friend keeping my us abreast of the West Coast polo scene. This is just another indication of the power of prayer, family and friends.

They say that the true measure of a persons wealth isn't the number of posessions they have but by the number of people that they count as friends. In that case, Lillian, you are one of the wealthiest people on earth.

My best to you and your family, rest assured you have friends in El Paso and the world over.

We love you!

Well, when we went to stay on a kibbutz, they let the tourists lodge in the first buildings ever built, the oldest ones on the kibbutz. We were amazed that real families had ever lived under such conditions and marvelled at the sacrifices they made to get the kibbutz started. Our Israeli guide said of the accomodations, unaware of the presence of a 'Bama gal, "We call this Alabama because it's so poor!"

Had lunch with your Dad and Bobby yesterday, and found out about this board...very cool! Otherwise they have done a great job of keeping us in the loop.

M.m.m.m, no matter what other folks might want to know...let me fill you in on what's going on you might be interested in or stuff we were talking about before you checked out for a bit!

First, tell Christopher Robin you have a return trip to catch more fish here...but this time, if he want to eat, he has to help catch AND clean! Hopefully some rain will bring the pond back up. I HAVE been successful in selling two of the horses, my beautiful palomino and the sorrel gelding! Just that cute black and white appy POA left to market.

Hopefully he will be some kid's Christmas present! The only Christmas present I want is a phone call from YOU kiddo!

Stu and your Dad and I are going to the movie tonite...guess what your Dad wanted to see (and of course it was on my list too)? He wants to see Dreamer...believe it or not, a horse story! So we will have fun. Yesterday I saw some of the new properties that are keeping him busy. While I am sending you Tennessee news, please send a Tennessee hug to your Mom from Stu and myself as well.

I guess it's going to be a haul from where you are to where to want to be, but if anyone can kick butt and get there it is you. And hey, remember, you owe me a tour of your part of the country...so get with it!

Took Stu's donkey up to Franklin a couple of week's ago to be part of a movie shoot...okay, public forum so I won't say anything salty about how cute his ... was!

Okay girl, we have some fun on the horizon. I am counting on it!
Remember, you have grit...that is Girl Raised In the South...and you are evidencing it right now. Welcome back!

As Always, Many, Many Thanks!!!
Bless You All~
Love~

Love to All~

I am so glad to hear of all of your progress. Trach FREE . . . way to go! What great news. I'm sure you are glad to be rid of the trach.

I'm heading out to the desert this weekend for the first of the early, low-goal tournaments. I will be stopping by Manny's place and I will make it a point to visit your horses and give them some carrots. If I can I'll get some pictures of them and bring them to you at the hospital.

I continue to think about you and pray for you daily. Tonight the prayers will be for your right side. I heard it needs some extra encouragement.

as always our thoughts, prayers and love are with you and your family -

Love always -

as always our thoughts, prayers and love are with you and your family -

Love always -

Lillian’s been a eating a bit more and doing very well in physical therapy. She’s been feisty enough to request sessions twice a day instead of just one and her doctor agreed! By this Wednesday, she should be relocated to an excellent rehab hospital in Encinitas. Her days are long and exhausting but her good humor keeps her buoyant. For instance, in a big meeting with about a dozen hospital nurses, doctors and support staff, someone asked, “Lillian, do you have any questions about what you’ve heard so far?” She replied with a grin: “No, but this guy over here is making eyes at me!” Everyone lost it.

Another time she asked if I had to get home to take care of things and I said, “Lil, you’ve got a whole family supporting you here, it’s our most important job. My mission right now is take make sure you are as comfortable as possible.” She replied: “Well, right now my feet are cold. Can you take care of that??” It was all so cute, sweet, funny and pure Lillian.

I am so blessed to hear of your continued progress. I am friends of your parents and they have been keeping me posted on your continued progress. We have had a group of "prayer warriors" interceding on your behalf here in Tennessee. It is a blessing to see the answer to prayers on your behalf. You are a living testimony of the faithfulness of Hashem.

As I was praying for you this morning, I was reminded of Proverbs 18:10; "The name of the L-rd is a tower of strength to which the righteous man runs and is safe." May you be encouraged today as you stand on that promise and continue to increase your strength.

Blessings,

I am so pleased to hear about Lillian's progress. I know that all of you feel blessed as well. I saw Rabbi Posner recently and he talked about his visit with Lillian. I am so glad that someone from Nashville was able to be there with you, especially the Rabbi.

Is Lillian still at Scribbs or has she moved? Can I send her a little something where she is?

What is the name and address of the physical therapy facility where she is staying? I reviewed the messages, but was unable to find specific details.

Blessings,

Your prayers & good thoughts continues to heal!!! Lillian can move the toes on her right foot & when asked to raise her right leg, it trembles!!!

Again, We Thank You With All of Our Hearts for all of your support~

Love~ Lillian's Family

Keep up the good work. We are thinking about you every day.
-Susan & David Weinstein & the kids

Here is a joke that was sent to me via e-mail. We now have your address and will send you a care package soon. No, not the salami yet till you request it. well, here is the joke:
One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly
in his White House bed. He awakens to see George
Washington standing by him. Bush asks him,
"George, what's the best thing I can do to help the country?"
"Set an honest and honorable example, just as I
did," Washington advises, and then fades away.

The next night, Bush is astir again, and sees the
ghost of Thomas Jefferson moving through the
darkened bedroom. Bush calls out, "Tom, please!
What is the best thing I can do to help the
country?" "Respect the Constitution, as I did,"
Jefferson advises, and dims from sight.

The third night sleep is still not in the cards
for Bush. He awakens to see the ghost of FDR
hovering over his bed. Bush whispers, "Franklin,
what is the best thing I can do to help the
country?" "Help the less fortunate, just as I did,"
FDR replies and fades into the mist.

Bush isn't sleeping well the fourth night when he
sees another figure moving in the shadows. It is
the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. Bush pleads, "Abe,
what is the best thing I can do right now to help
the country?" Lincoln replies, "Go see a play."

Miles and I are thrilled to hear of your progress. Congratulations on being moved to rehab. That must be so very trying, we're so impressed with your heart and spirit. Out of town over the holiday, but Lynn and I will be knocking at your door after.This is truely a great Thanksgiving. Best regards to Eddie, Mikee, and my special girl, Jamie.

Love,

Lillian could still use some extra special prayers for her right side, & for her swallowing. As soon as her swallowing improves, she will have the feeding tube removed... another big step in her recovery.

As Always, Thank You So Very Much for your healing love & support~

Rhonda Hardison

Love~

Happy Thanksgiving to you and to your family! I thought you might like this story....

We have been following your progress since we returned to Israel and are so glad to know that you are at the Rehab Center, and that you are improving every day.

Best regards and good wishes for a complete and speedy recovery!

Love,

We hope you like the care package we sent you. Debby & Ira were in Chicago for Thanksgiving and I cooked everything. I actually made enough food for 3 days. Literally we had it on Thurs. Friday night for Shabbat, and also some on Sat. for Shabbat lunch. Tonight we decided enough w/all the meat and we ordered out Pizza. Debby & Ira went to a wedding downtown there were 800 people at the wedding can you imagine. Anyways.....Enjoy the gift and we are all thinking of you keep working hard! Love to all of the Heller's from all of the Weinstein's

Yesharkoach on your continued recovery. Everone's prayers and your determination will get you back to full health. We look forward to more get-aways with the Weinstein-Heller-Azar clans.

Love,

We are so glad to hear that you have moved and doing well. I have been sick the whole month of November so hopefully when this one clears up I will come visit you and share lots of photos.

In physical therapy, Lillian is learning to get in & out of bed & to walk. This is a slow & difficult task, since her right side is weak & her stamina is low. However, as is her nature, Lillian does not give up!

HOPE YOU ALL ARE ENJOYING THIS WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!!!

Thank you very much for your continuing prayers & support~

Tomorrow Becky is the Chazan at her school (Schechter) and I get to go and see her! (It's a good thing she mentioned it, since she's been it all this week) Lillian I will say a very special prayer for you and your continued progress, and strength and great work you are doing.

Keep up the great work!

That is excellent news that you are going home. I just got back from Argentina. Colleen Wilson and a few other ladies joined me for a week of polo at El Metejon, an Estancia just South of Buenos Aires. Everyone there seemed to know who you were and were of course asking about you.

Susan White and I wanted to stop by for a visit, but I was not sure if you were up for company yet. So Susan or I will give Eddie a call and see how things are going.

I see Manny on the weekends and I ask about your horses. He says they are doing fine. If you want I can stop by and feed them some carrots for you!

I'm so glad you are on the road to recovery and on your way home. What a great place for you to spend the holidays.

Talk to you soon.

Lynn
_________________________________________________________
The only mailing address I have for Lillian is this PO Box.

Lillian's progress has been remarkable. She will continue her rehab to regain the mobility on her right side & to increase her stamina.

As always, MANY, MANY THANKS to all of you & to the doctors, nurses, therapists, technicians, & care givers who have taken such fine care of all of us. We are eternally grateful.

WARMEST HOLIDAY WISHES~
Love, Lillian's Family

We were so thrilled to hear that you're HOME!! And we know that you'll be back to 100%+ given your determination, the love and support of your family, and all the good wishes flowing in from all over the world.

This is such a great holiday present to your family!!

Dear Lilly.
We are so happy to hear all the good news about you. We knew that you have what it takes.
We have been traveling. Over Thansgiving we visited Joseph and his family in Atlanta. We returned Dec. 19 from Newton,Mass.where we visited our younger son,Jonathan and his three children,Livia-5 years,Jeremy-3 years and Elan-7 months.
Lillian, we wish you a full recovery, and all the family a very
happy Chanukah. Love, Leah and Herb

Happy New Year!!!!!! Forget about 2005 and know that 2006 is your year. Not to be preachy but your progress and determination inspires me beyond words. Be at ease in the knowledge that you have touched more lives than you know and all those blessed to have crossed your path are rooting for you.

I feel badly that I haven't written in a while. I have though been thinking a lot about you. Keep up the good work! It is so hard when peol etell you what to do but, we are all so proud of you and your inner strength is amazing keep it going. It was so funny a few miutes ago Adam had a friend come over after school he has been here for about 3 hours and he said "Becky what are you doing here" Becky said, "Adam and I are twins" he said, "Oh I didn't know that". It was really funny because we just assumed everyone knew they were twins. Adam & Becky will be turning 8 in March. I have been teaching preschool at a jewish preschool this year I teach 2 and 3 year olds. They are so cute. Yesterday there were 7 two year olds that I had engrossed in a puppet show it was very interesting. my 3year old kids are doing a unit on Israel this unit is about 6 weeks long 2 more weeks to go and then they take a pretend trip to Israel. This preschoolo I hear you are ready for that Salami! I just need your address and we will send that Romanian's Salami to you and your family I will get the address from Debby & Ira.

Take care.

Lillian's Mom

Glad to hear you continue down the course to recovery - we are in the midst of our kitchen remodel - knock on wood they seem to be ahead of schedule - we decided not to send the kids to camp this summer so Susan is doing camp Mommy - rotating between beach, pool,park and adventures - I will keep you posted on how Susan's nerves hold up -

Keep up the good work and love to all there -