Prayers for Barbaro .. keep fighting, sweet guy!
Article and video here .. grab a tissue. He has endured all this with such good-natured dignity and grace, God love him.
Prayers for Barbaro .. keep fighting, sweet guy!
Article and video here .. grab a tissue. He has endured all this with such good-natured dignity and grace, God love him.
Wonderful post. Thank you (((Star)))
I woke up this morning seeing Barbaro's hoof with tiny little angels flying around it.
I know that many people in America are praying for this magnificent animal and prayers surely help.
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If Barbaro recovers, he may never be able to cover a mare. Thoroughbred stallions have to mount mares, during which act most of their weight is borne on their two hind legs.
A horse's front legs are the equivalent of our arms, and the bone structure from ankle to foot is the rough equivalent of our wrists and hands. What the surgery has attempted to do is use plates and screws to stabilize the fractures from above the "wrist" downward. Then, over time, new bone will grow and fuse the entire area.
If you had a comparable procedure on your arm, wrist and hand, you would lose all mobility in those joints. So Barbaro will lose all mobility from his ankle down to his foot. That lower leg will never look or be normal again. He will be what amounts to a special needs horse the rest of his life.
If he is pain-free and is able to have a life outside a small stall, then he could be happy. Right now, apart from saving his life, that's the first goal. Anything beyond that would be gravy -- indeed, miraculous.
So whatever motives his owners have for doing everything possible to save Barbaro's life, I'm certain a stud career is not high on the list at this time.
Thanks for the hanky warning... poor baby, he is so brave!!