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Dang that’s a big mole! I don’t know if I’ve ever seen one that big. He looks to be about 8 inches long! You owe those kitties a can of tuna!

Well, you remember the HUGH mole tunnels in the paddock last year I ran water down all day without it coming up anywhere? I think those were his.

Unless there is another. :~\

Well, I had my first horse related accident yesterday that actually required that I go to the doctor. I had gotten home from riding Goose on his first trail ride (with me), he did great by the way, and I decided to saddle up Bob and give him a short workout ride down the road. I think I've told y'all before about the pen full of about 50 hogs that's just right down the road that I have to ride by, and when we headed out we managed to get by them without too much fuss, but on the way back they must have seen him better because they all took off running and grunting and he just about came unglued then.

I kept him under control that time but he was just standing there on a hair trigger, trembling. So I urged him to go past again and that was it. He took off running sideways across the field, full bore. I had a death grip on his mane in my left hand and another one on the rein in my right, trying to pull his head around but he was too pumped at that point and I couldn't, but I did finally think to say "Whoa Bob!" and he did stop. So I didn't have a crash landing, but then I happened to look down at my left hand and my thumb was pointing down at around the 4 o'clock position instead of it's normal 2 o'clock and I thought "Eeewww, that's not supposed to do that" so I pushed it back into place, but any time I put any pressure on it it didn't want to stay there so I figured I'd better get off at that point rather than risk another melt-down.

I led him back past the hogs and back to the barn without incident and got everybody fed then I gave Kari a call to see what she thought and she recommended I go to the ER, so I did, and I'm glad because the Physician's Assistant who saw me also works at the local bone and joint clinic. They x-rayed it and said my field reduction had worked fine but the ulnar collateral ligament, which is the one that allows you to grip things, was torn clean through, so that's why my thumb still wanted to go into unnatural positions. So she cast it and I'm supposed to go see the an orthopod tomorrow. They may decide that 6 weeks of a cast or splint will do the trick or they may decide that it needs surgery. We'll see I guess, but I've still got use of my 4 fingers so I can still ride. I'll just have to adjust the way I hold my reins and mount from the off side since I won't be able to use my left hand like I normally do to pull myself up. I ain't missing my Best of America by Horseback ride the first weekend in May!