The Barbaro Thread.

[Kasept]

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37294

Work done on the right hind, the original injury.. Not good..

[The Bid]

Not good, but not hopeless.

Hes really never been a favorite to survive this, even when he was doing "GOOD"

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

how many times can you put a horse under gen anesthesia..and not do brain damage..

[Echo Farm]

Update 1393: An update from New Bolton: Update from Dr. Dean W. Richardson on Barbaro's condition:

On Saturday, January 27, Barbaro was taken back to surgery because we could not keep him comfortable on his right hind foot. That foot developed a deep subsolar abscess secondary to bruising when he went through a period of discomfort on the left hind foot. It is not laminitis but the undermining of the sole and part of the lateral heel region are potentially just as serious. We attempted to manage the right hind foot in a cast and then in a custom fabricated brace but it was impossible to have access to the foot for treatment as well as acceptable stability and comfort. We elected to place his right hind in an external skeletal fixation device in order to provide the foot a chance to heal. This means that two steel pins have been placed transversely through his right hind cannon bone. These pins are connected to external sidebars that in turn are connected to a lightweight alloy foot plate. This results in the horse eliminating all weight bearing from the foot; the horse's weight is borne through the pins across his cannon bone. There is significant risk in this approach but we believed it was our only option given the worsening of the right hind foot problem. The major risk of the external skeletal fixation device is that the bone bearing the weight can fracture. Unfortunately, we felt we needed to take this risk because this approach offered our only hope of keeping Barbaro acceptably comfortable.

He had a perfect recovery from anesthesia and has been in and out of the sling since then. His left hind foot appears to be stable at this time. We remain concerned about both front feet. Remarkably, his attitude and appetite were excellent overnight.

We will continue to treat Barbaro aggressively as long as he remains bright, alert and eating. This is another significant setback that exemplifies how complex his medical situation remains because both hind limbs have major problems. Barbaro remains in the Intensive Care Unit of Penn's George D. Widener Hospital at New Bolton Center. Updates will be provided when new information is available.

http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/news...pdates_180.php

This is sounding a lot more serious. I hope it will help.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Echo Farm

http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/news...pdates_180.php

This is sounding a lot more serious. I hope it will help.

to me that sounds really bad...the fact that putting pins in the legs was seen as the only option is not a good thing...I've already said my piece on Barbaro but i hope that at some point they will reconsider this all out treatment approach and let the horse go.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

to me that sounds really bad...the fact that putting pins in the legs was seen as the only option is not a good thing...I've already said my piece on Barbaro but i hope that at some point they will reconsider this all out treatment approach and let the horse go.

I think they are coming to that sentiment based on quotes from this surgery.

[Samarta]

The one thing that sticks out is the quote by Mrs. Jackson saying that he doesn't have one single thing that is enough to put him down but all of the issues in combination are really bad. She did go on to say that Dr. Richardson warned them about having times like this. But and I hate trying to read into someone's emotion in print, but to me it appears they are coming to a decision point on when he has had enough. Really tough to imagine.