Pan Am followup

["Roberta Harms" <equiphile@hotmail.com>]

  In the previous story about the Pan Am ride, I mentioned my friend was 
bumped into by my horse and clipped by his hoof.  She took the horse back to 
the trailer, but didn't come back, herself.  When I got there she was 
cleaning his pen.  I looked at her foot and said "Are you bleeding?"  She 
said no, but I said "Yes you are".  Her whole sock was red.  there was a 
nasty cut on her heel.
  Now, our chef, Grace couldn't see the 6 hour round trip to Winnipeg to see 
a doctor.  She looked at our team vet, Wes Elford and asked if he could do 
something.  Now Wes is a very good equine vet with a special interest in 
distance horses.  I'm sure he would have made a fine MD if his interests 
were that way.  I'm even more sure now.  Grace gave Peggy a beer of which 
she had 2-3 sips and Wes put in 6 nice stitches.  He had me come with him, 
so I could watch to make sure Peggy didn't pass out.  That wasn't a danger 
in her case.  we kept it clean and she hobbled around the next 2 days still 
being a fine crew.  Fortunately my husband had decided to come at the last 
minute.  Carrying full buckets wasn't easy, especially with only one good 
foot.
  When we got home Peggy's teenage boys thought that was the coolest thing 
of all. You know teenage boys, they can get there kicks out of lots of 
things.
Roberta Harms


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