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A friend of mine is taking care of a mare with the worst luck in the 
entire world.  First she foaled late one night about a month ago when 
only her owner, an individual well known for not paying his vet bills, 
was home and the foal wasn't presented right. He didn't get any vet to 
come out and instead got a water buffalo vet from the village who 
pulled the foal out, killing the foal and at least scratching the mare 
inside.  He then gave up on her, so Morad took her in and treated her 
with antibiotics and TLC...she's been doing well until now.

This morning I called him and he sounded exhausted. Last night the mare 
hit her head hard enough to expose some of the brain. I haven't seen 
the injury myself but Morad said that although it's not large, the 
membrane around the brain is torn and you can see the brain tissue.  
The vet he called basically told him that she is in the hands of God.  
He has covered the wound, given her antibiotics and doesn't know what 
else, if anything, can be done.  The horse in question is living in a 
stable in an Egyptian village outside of Cairo, so clinics and other 
vets are pretty much out of the question.  Frankly, our vets aren't 
much use in anything more complicated than stitches and pulled tendons, 
and even then they are dubious.

If anyone has any words of advice, they would be appreciated. Neither 
of us have any idea about what sort of dressing if any one can put on a 
wound of this sort.  Frankly, if she pulls through this, it will be an 
utter miracle.

Thanks in advance,

Maryanne
Cairo


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