Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Smashed big toe

In a message dated 08/28/2002 6:29:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Julie_Coats@xxxxxxxx writes:

> My horse slammed her rear foot down on my toe on
>  sunday night and even though I had shoes on she took off
>  the whole toe nail and really squashed the toe.

Whatever you do--and I really mean this-- DO NOT put a cotton ball on the 
nail bed!! Yes I speak from experience. I was washing a big TB and he stepped 
on my bare toe...took off the nail. Stupidly I put a cotton ball on it with a 
bandaid to protect it. Came time to hange it...yeowww....took weeks to pick 
off that cotton ball...strand by strand!

And...as long as we are talking toes...I rode with a broken toe at the last 
ride. I'm so macho I scare myself <g>!

Melanie Snowhite
Poway, CA.
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