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Doctor pleased with Barbaro's slow, steady progress
Associated Press
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's right hind leg has a new cast, a new shoe and is healing well, while his left rear hoof is "gradually" improving from laminitis.
The cast was changed for the first time in six weeks, and Dr. Dean Richardson said Tuesday he was "pleased" with the progress in the leg that was shattered when Barbaro took a horrible misstep at the start of the Preakness on May 20.
"We still have many months of healing ahead of us." -- Dr. Dean Richardson
Barbaro's left hind foot, which had laminitis, continues its slow healing process.
"There is good growth along the quarters [closer to the heel] but there will need to be much more healing along the front of the hoof," Richardson said in an update issued by the University of Pennsylvania's George D. Widener Hospital. "We still have many months of healing ahead of us."
Doctors removed 80 percent of the hoof in mid-July when Barbaro developed laminitis, a painful and often fatal disease brought on by excessive weight bearing on one leg due to the injury of another leg.
Richardson, chief of surgery at the hospital, also had a chance to get a close-up look at Barbaro's right hind leg when the cast was changed Monday.
"I was pleased with the continued progression of healing and the overall condition of this leg," Richardson said. "There are no signs of infection and the primary incisions have healed surprisingly well. Because he has had a cast on for so long, there are a few cast sores, but nothing serious."
Barbaro underwent anesthesia before the cast change, and had another pool recovery before his feet were trimmed and a new shoe was applied to his right hind leg. A few hours after recovery, Barbaro was out grazing and comfortable on both hind legs, the hospital statement said.
Associated Press
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's right hind leg has a new cast, a new shoe and is healing well, while his left rear hoof is "gradually" improving from laminitis.
The cast was changed for the first time in six weeks, and Dr. Dean Richardson said Tuesday he was "pleased" with the progress in the leg that was shattered when Barbaro took a horrible misstep at the start of the Preakness on May 20.
"We still have many months of healing ahead of us." -- Dr. Dean Richardson
Barbaro's left hind foot, which had laminitis, continues its slow healing process.
"There is good growth along the quarters [closer to the heel] but there will need to be much more healing along the front of the hoof," Richardson said in an update issued by the University of Pennsylvania's George D. Widener Hospital. "We still have many months of healing ahead of us."
Doctors removed 80 percent of the hoof in mid-July when Barbaro developed laminitis, a painful and often fatal disease brought on by excessive weight bearing on one leg due to the injury of another leg.
Richardson, chief of surgery at the hospital, also had a chance to get a close-up look at Barbaro's right hind leg when the cast was changed Monday.
"I was pleased with the continued progression of healing and the overall condition of this leg," Richardson said. "There are no signs of infection and the primary incisions have healed surprisingly well. Because he has had a cast on for so long, there are a few cast sores, but nothing serious."
Barbaro underwent anesthesia before the cast change, and had another pool recovery before his feet were trimmed and a new shoe was applied to his right hind leg. A few hours after recovery, Barbaro was out grazing and comfortable on both hind legs, the hospital statement said.
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ScriptOhio
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Updated: Jan. 10, 2007, 9:30 AM ET
Barbaro suffers 'significant setback'
Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner who had been making steady progress on his road to recovery from an injured right hind leg and a bout of laminitis, suffered a "significant setback" Tuesday night at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center.
Entire article: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2726269
Barbaro suffers 'significant setback'
Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner who had been making steady progress on his road to recovery from an injured right hind leg and a bout of laminitis, suffered a "significant setback" Tuesday night at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center.
Entire article: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2726269
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SanAntonioBuck
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Barbaro continues to improve
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) -- Barbaro has become comfortable enough following recent surgery on his left hind hoof that the Kentucky Derby winner's surgeon has reduced the colt's pain medication.
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Barbaro continues to improve
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) -- Barbaro has become comfortable enough following recent surgery on his left hind hoof that the Kentucky Derby winner's surgeon has reduced the colt's pain medication.
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SanAntonioBuck
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Barbaro has another setback
By RICHARD ROSENBLATT, AP Racing Writer
January 28, 2007
These have been bad days for Barbaro.
The Kentucky Derby winner suffered another significant setback over the weekend, and his fight for survival may have reached a critical point. After Barbaro developed a deep abscess in his right hind foot, surgery was performed Saturday to insert two steel pins in a bone, one that was shattered but now healthy, to eliminate all weight bearing on the ailing foot.
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Barbaro has another setback
By RICHARD ROSENBLATT, AP Racing Writer
January 28, 2007
These have been bad days for Barbaro.
The Kentucky Derby winner suffered another significant setback over the weekend, and his fight for survival may have reached a critical point. After Barbaro developed a deep abscess in his right hind foot, surgery was performed Saturday to insert two steel pins in a bone, one that was shattered but now healthy, to eliminate all weight bearing on the ailing foot.
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JoJaBuckeye
First we take Michigan--then the whole world!
Folanator;517874; said:
I agree completely. My dad once cried over a horse he owned that went down the same way (but was successfully operated on at Ohio State and so went on to a nice breeding career). And I mean, NOTHING EVER made my dad cry. It was pathetic to watch.
Editor-In-Chief broke a record along with his leg. He had the unusual trait of refusing to allowing other horses to pass him. Unfortunately, I cannot find a link to him because googling his name just produces endless names and titles of editor's in chief of horse racing publications. But any of you who followed harness racing about 20 years ago may remember him.
Moral of the story: if a rich foreigner offers you $6 million for a four-legged hay burner, effin TAKE IT!
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JoJaBuckeye
First we take Michigan--then the whole world!
elliemae;582830; said:He's not gonna be glue! They showed him on the news outside grazing & looks wonderful! He'll be makin' little ones before you know it!
Yes he will, but not the old fashioned way. To date he is not putting weight on that hind leg. Can't cover a mare without both hind legs.
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JoJaBuckeye;731756; said:
Editor-In-Chief's jockey in some big races was Bill O'Donnell.
But you're right, I don't think I want to Google "O'Donnell" and "harness". I've been trying to forget the images of Rosie in "Exit to Eden" with Dan Aykroyd.
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