This message is from: "Steve Sessoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My Anjee got a bad cut on the outside of her pastern, but it could have been a lot worse. Monday morning all was well. When they were all done with their hay I went out to goof off with the ponies and when they gathered around me I looked down and it looked like someone had taken a house painting brush full of red paint and splashed Anjee with it from the outside pastern down the ground! I ran water on it and found a clean inch long deep and gaping wound. Then called Dr. Mark to come out. He cleaned it, knocked her out, and rummaged around determining what damage was done. He found her joint sheath and tendons untouched and then stitched her up, inside and out. 3 days of antibiotic shots and a week of bandaging and no wetness is all he prescribed, no pond and running with her buds in the big pasture. Stitches out in 3-4 weeks. So I assume she can't go riding for a minimum of 4 weeks. She is so good. She is taking her incarceration well. No fretting or anything, just pestering the devil out of me every time I go down to sit with her. I quickly found what did it - an old t-post in the pond. I had tried to get it out of the ground many times. I didn't know it but the horses had broken it off near the ground which allowed Anjee to step over and beside it and its rusted edge sliced her like a knife. Before the drought it was deep in water and I just couldn't get it out. I still can't get it out of the wet ground, suction or something going on, but I piled logs around it to keep the horses away from it until Steve can deal with it. He can get the implement off the tractor and pull it out I hope. Lesson learned the hard way and at dear Anjee's expense - pull those old t-posts out no matter how difficult! ~ Meredith Sessoms ~ Solly ~ Dorina ~ Shaggy ~ Anjee ~ Arlo ~ Pepper, the black one
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