All you agents out there might wonder why I'm blogging about this horse and his surgery. Well, in the Big South Fork area, we all have horses and follow the progress of our friends with their horses, be it problems, progress with a horse, trails we've ridden or where to get hay. As with a sick child, your mind is always wondering how long this will take to get over. And your time is certainly impacted by the care it takes to get through an episode like this. Maybe it is good that most of my real estate activity right now is on the phone.
Another aspect to my effort here is my hope that through the web, others with horses may stumble upon this site and see a sort of step by step progression of healing this kind of wound. There was an extra trip to a weekend vet to check on a stitch that surfaced. Turns out it was a subcutaneous stitch and will be absorbed over time - but another trip down the road in the trailer was needed. Now, back on the farm and turned out with the three other horses, we are in the change the bandgae everyday mode. Needless to say, I had to make a trip to purchace copious supplies of vet wrap and telfa pads, etc. And this isn't even my favorite horse. He's a good patient, though. He stands quietly for all the doctoring. Here Jim Little, our vet, sedates RB before removing the stitches.
Before stitches removed.
During stitch removal.
After stitches are out.
Three weeks after surgery. The wound had opened some after treatment for "proud flesh" and his normal walking around, but it is clean and pink and starting to heal at the edges. The rest will be just a matter of time, daily care and...well, more time.
Now RB gets a new style bandage. This is shorter and up off his pastern where he was starting to get some irritation. He likes the new one - "much cooler", he says! End of story for now. As with EVERYTHING that is difficult and seemingly never-ending, patience: the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties - IS THE KEY. And aren't we all in that ballpark right now as Realtors? In fact, as I think about it, PATIENCE and alot of PERSISTENCE are what separates successful Realtors from "part-timers."
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