Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Smashed big toe

In a message dated 8/28/2002 8:29:05 AM Central Daylight Time, Julie_Coats@xxxxxxxx writes:


> My horse slammed her rear foot down on my toe on
> sunday night and even though I had shoes on she took off
> the whole toe nail and really squashed the toe.
>
> Any of you had to deal with this kind of injury. how long
> did it take to heal?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated greatly.


Had a Clydesdale wearing studs stomp on my foot, took the nail off the big toe.  Took a year for the new nail to grow in, but it wasn't really firmly attached to the nail bed.  While standing barefoot on my concrete basement floor, I dropped a frozen trout on that toe, and the nail lifted off the nail bed, but stayed attached.  It's been two years and three months since the original nailectomy, and I think all evidence will be gone by Christmas.

After the initial trauma to the toe healed, I didn't have any problems having no nail.  It was just kinda ugly for a while.

           Elizabeth Braznell