First, the bad news: Erin falls under a horse and suffers bone fractures.
Then the good news: Erin falls under a horse and escapes with bone fractures. It could have been extremely nasty. Perhaps Erin should buy a lottery ticket. Please wish her a speedy recovery. Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > David J Brooks > Sent: Sunday, 1 March 2009 12:01 AM > To: Barbara Brooks; Jacquilene Currington; Pentax Discuss > Subject: Erin had a riding accident Friday > > Hi gang > > Just thought i would pass this on, Erin was hurt riding a clients > large pony last night around 4pm. > > The horse reared up, with her on its back, but kept on going and she > landed on Erin. > Ambulance ride to Markham-Stouffville hospital, X-rays and Cat scan > showed two small fractures, one in left pelvic area and one in left > hip socket. > Lots of pain, i guess that's to be, but its not serious enough for an > operation or hospital admittance. Bed rest and no weight on the left > side. > They wanted to send her home last night, but three nurses could not > get her out of bed. We told the doctor we would feel better if she at > least stayed over night, and she did. > Home care can be arranged, Liz and I, working that split shift can be > helpful, but i'm still a bit ticked off, they wanted to send her home. > How do we get her in the house. > Apparently we can get crutches and she can use them if she needs to > get from bed to the toilet, but we'll see how that goes. > A rider friend stopped by to see her, and she went through the same > thin a few years ago, and offered encouragement. > > Time will tell. > > This puts a damper on her new promotion at the farm, she is now the > assistant barn manager. > > Dave > > -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.