Barbaro update

[my miss storm cat]

It's a few days old, but i thought this was a nice piece.....

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/sports/15592399.htm

[my miss storm cat]

Awww.....

http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/photo?sl...agw101&prov=ap

[timmgirvan]

Mera: you got some 'splaining to do at ESPN....not a good detective!

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by merasmag

that back leg looks BAD! (and not in a good way)

It does? I was too busy looking at his face.....

[timmgirvan]

Mera: would it be growing back if it was infected? When my leg was infected, it looked pretty bad, and nothing got better until I went into the hyparbaric chamber!

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by merasmag

i am thinkin cause they aren't letting it get wet but if it is infection (further infection) that would be bad---- i spent half the afternoon with a friend who is housebound after having a steel rod and bolts, etc put in her leg, taking pictures for the lawyer, etc...one bolt is about to pop thru her skin...gruesome is a good word

Mera, I think that's just dirt from his stall.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Mera, I think that's just dirt from his stall.

Yeah, they don't change the cast but like every two - three weeks. It gets stained and dirty. Barbaro is a horse....

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by merasmag

u mean there's dirt in intensive care? what i said really makes no sense cause i was thinking of pus coming thru bandages, but if the back right leg is the one with the cast and not the laminitis then it's just a dirty-looking cast

The right hind was the broken leg... and no, that's not pus. Horses are horses and as long as they eat and s hit, there is going to be dirt, etc. in their stalls.

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by merasmag

u mean there's dirt in intensive care? what i said really makes no sense cause i was thinking of pus coming thru bandages, but if the back right leg is the one with the cast and not the laminitis then it's just a dirty-looking cast

It is a cream colored cast. I think you are just comparing it to the BRIGHT WHITE wraps on his other legs.

He is a horse too. Maybe stained from poopies and pee-pees.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by merasmag

u mean there's dirt in intensive care? what i said really makes no sense cause i was thinking of pus coming thru bandages, but if the back right leg is the one with the cast and not the laminitis then it's just a dirty-looking cast

It gets stained from urine, sawdust shavings, and manure. Of course, I'm sure they keep the stall extra clean, but horses will be horses, and they ALWAYS find ways to get dirty. Well, most of them do anyway. I had a few horses that stayed pretty clean all of the time, but the majority love to go find the dirtiest spot and roll whether they are in their paddock or in their stall. It almost never fails to happen.

[Cajungator26]

LOL to Buffy and Kentucky...

Thank God he's not a grey horse!