Amazing survival story. I read it several times even tho' it so
grisly it made my skin crawl. You were probably high on painkillers
when you overlooked Cosmo on your lifesaver list. Cosmo is The
Horse!
... my only chance
of getting help before I bled to death was to get back on Cosmo. All this time
he had stood by me quietly even though he was loose... I saw a ditch
and made him stand in it... Cosmo was so freaked out by all the blood and the
left arm flopping around... he started walking with little baby steps. This is a
horse that normally pulls my arms off... don't remember riding those
last few miles, so I must have had angels watching over me. Sometimes I got so
weak I just laid on his neck... The tourniquet and water saved my
life.
