Re: Recovery for Jeanetta Sturgeon, Oklahoma Endurance Rider

[mbp@holly.colostate.edu (Brad Patterson)]

>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:45:24 -0700 (PDT)
>From: jeanetta sturgeon <jetta4trails@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re:  recovery slow
>To: Brad Patterson <mbp@holly.colostate.edu>
>
> Well, I  am home.  It is nice to be out of the hospital, but I am
>still very depressed.  Maybe even more so, as I am so dependant on
>someone to help me in every thing I do.  Because of my previous
>injuries, dating back to 1974, I had absolutely NO fingers on my right
>hand, and just my thumb on my left. HOWEVER, I had adapted extremely
>well and could do everything independently, in fact, many people would
>ride with me all day and not notice anything wrong.  I was always so
>thankful that I still had my left thumb.  Because of a stupid horse
>that was not my own, now I have had my left hand torn off.  It has been
>re-attached with some loss of bone and tissue.  It was sewn into my
>belly for 3 weeks so that a thicker skin graft would take.  Also a bit
>of skin was removed from my thigh and patched on my hand.  This
>accident happened on March 10th. I was in the hospital until April
>17th, three days after my hand was released from my belly.  My doctor
>says it will take several more hospital stays and surgeries to get some
>function back.  From 6 to 12 more months.  I still have my thumb, but
>it has been so traumatized that I can't use it,...yet.  It is a
>struggle to type this and use the computer, even.     But I wanted to
>let everyone know that I appreciate and enjoy all the messages.  My
>horse is at a friend's place for a while and I am seriously thinking
>about buying a Pinto-Arab filly from a friend, so do not think that
>this has turned me against horses, just one particular horse that I
>never want to see again.  So I am stuck at home with plenty of time and
>would appreciate any e-mail. JEANETTA

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