New Bolton should release an update later today.
That’s right. It’s not. 
I support the HORSE because he is the one caught in the pain and the confusion with no voice at all.
Two Simple…please don’t start again today.
Group barba has 13,126 candles from 44 countries.
How cool is that?
Continuing to wish for the best outcome for Barbaro…
[QUOTE=Frog;2131783]
I did not realize he couldn’t really walk. I’m not sure the word “recovery” should have been applied to that kind of motion.[/QUOTE]
The way to understand his gait is to walk around with your knee locked - you are now walking quite peculiarly however are in no real pain nor discomfort.
I really do hope he pulls through - Ruffian did not make it out of surgery, Alydar made it one day out, Barbaro’s victory would be a great step forward.
Thanks so much to those people who provide these essential updates on a daily basis. Our thoughts and prayers continue for Barbaro and his entire team that he will continue to overcome these setbacks and continue the healing process. What incredible character and determination you have, Barbaro – and such class! Godspeed Barbaro. Gotta go; more candles to light!
Barbaro updates
To Alex Brown and if you’re reading this, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, this entire thread wouldn’t be possible. I for one would be biting my nails off. You’re doing a great job.
Thursday morning jingles for Barbaro!!
[B]New Bolton Update:
Barbaro is stable and acceptably comfortable[/B]
January 11, 2007
KENNETT SQUARE, PA —Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro’s management has been changed to include sling support for several hours during the day, according to Dr. Dean W. Richardson, Chief of Surgery. “He is getting up and down on his own and continues to eat and have stable vital signs. Radiographs (X-rays) taken yesterday revealed no additional complications in either hind leg. We are considering several additional therapeutic options at this time. He is stable and acceptably comfortable.”
Barbaro remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Penn’s George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals.
Updates will be provided when new information is available.From the AP
http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/6355202
…Co-owner Gretchen Jackson said Thursday that Barbaro was not in pain, feeling better and had a “decent night.”
“He was doing well,” Jackson said. “They’re being aggressive in treating it. I think it makes it sound worse than it is.”
Dr. Scott Morrison, who applied the cast on Jan. 3, called the latest development “a bump in the road” and said Barbaro "can possibly overcome it.
“When a horse tries to grow back an entire hoof capsule like Barbaro is, complications are expected along the way,” added Morrison, the head of podiatry service at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. “While the foot is growing back, there is some wall structure and tissue that becomes compromised along the way and has to be removed.”
Though Morrison wasn’t present at New Bolton when Richardson removed the loose tissue, he believes Barbaro’s condition has not regressed or gone “back to square one.”
“But I wouldn’t say the prognosis is good for the foot,” he cautioned. “It’s still grim. He still has to grow a hoof wall for his prognosis to improve. There’s still a long road ahead.”
Gretchen Jackson brought Barbaro fresh grass and said the colt’s appearance was “not as bright” when she saw him Wednesday morning. But, she said, the colt had visibly improved later in the day when her husband, Roy, visited.
The cast change could have caused some inflammation, said Dr. Kathleen Anderson, Barbaro’s attending vet when the horse was racing and stabled in trainer Michael Matz’s barn at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md.
Anderson said Barbaro has proved he was strong enough to overcome his latest medical obstacle.
Merrygoround, thanks for the tip!:yes: :yes:
Virginiabred, thank you again. You have been so dedicated for months in keeping us informed and searching out information and squashing rumors. Thank you and your support team very, very, very much.
Having gone through bouts of laminitis with one of our incredible horses, I certainly do understand how low the valleys can become. Reading your updates every morning is akin to going to the barn every morning to be sure everything is ok and as it should be. When a dip in the progress occurs, it’s hard to deal with for many of us - as realistic and experienced as some of us are.
Thanks, Tim/Alex~
Update 1308: Still no further updates this morning. I did want to highlight the following two articles as they include quotes from Dr. Kathy Anderson, Barbaro’s Fair Hill vet:
Barbaro suffers ‘significant setback’, excerpt:
“I feel the horse will fight it like he has all his other setbacks,” said Dr. Kathleen Anderson, Barbaro’s former attending veterinarian, who visited the horse on Tuesday and Wednesday. “You can’t give up, because he won’t. You just stick with the program. I’m hopeful this too shall pass.”
Barbaro Set Back by Damage to a Hoof, excerpt:
“He was looking ready and forward to big green pasture — we all wanted it for him,” she said. “This sets things back, but not all the way to six months ago.” She added: “It’s not an overwhelming problem; it can heal given enough time. We all have to dig down and regroup. He’s had better days, but he’s had a lot more worse ones, too. He’s a fighter.”
Update 1307: As of mid-morning all seems to be quiet on the Barbaro news front. Mike Jensen, Ed Fountain and Dan (AP guy) are at New Bolton as they were yesterday. If something occurs that is newsworthy I know they will report, as will I. In the next update I will aggregate a few more stories that have appeared in the last twenty four hours.
It’s good to hear no bad news today. I don’t know much about equine medicine but I do know a little about rehab and it’s excruciatingly slow and seems, at times, to be useless. I hope Barbaro comes through and eventually has some sort of horse life. But even if his condition deteriorates or fails to improve, and he is put down because of it, the attempt to save his life was a good one. I don’t believe any animal or human survives a devastating accident and a drawn-out rehab without wanting to live.
Update 1309: I just spoke to Peter Brette (thursday afternoon) and he relayed that Dr. Richardson was happier with Barbaro this morning, this seems consistent with the APs quotes from Mrs. Jackson and the New Bolton release. Barbaro was laying down this morning and appeared more comfortable. I spoke to Dr. Kathy Anderson who visited Barbaro yesterday evening. Kathy noted that while Barbaro was not looking as sharp as he was a couple of weeks ago (we know that) he was looking quite comfortable. He was again laying down in his stall when she visited him last night. These were two more positive conversations as we try to move forward from yesterday morning.
Thanks, Alex.
Alex, you are truly an angel to all of us. The fact that we can get such updates from you really makes us feel that Bobby is our horse. Words and “thank you’s” don’t seem nearly enough to let you know how much all of us appreciate how hard you work to keep us FOB in the loop as to how he is doing. I guess there are angels among us…
Blessings for Barbaro. He is a strong and WILL pull through this.
As far as this bump in the road all the neigh sayers should realize that he just had a new more supportive cast applied right before this happened.
I for one have had a cast put on and it didnt quiet fit a bit to snugg. I was misrable…each step was killing me on a leg that didnt hurt at all prior to that cast change.
Maybe all it was was a glitch in the cast and since it has been handled things will continue to progress per normal.
Barbaro updates … get direct, no middle person
http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/
all the updates are surely taking up all the time of the person that start this thread. GO DIRECT and read everything and everything about Barbaro … the link above is the source.
mareseatoats, I’m not sure why you feel you needed to post that, but it’s something I have enjoyed doing. Thanks for your concern.
Lots of what is posted here doesn’t come from one site only.
I wonder if Barbaro is geting any light pulse, or some version of the new blood flow encouraging treatments to his inside coronary band??
