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Your cover story on Congo was a heartbreaking reminder of yet another area of our world where suffering reigns supreme. When I had finished studying the photographs, I turned to the next story--about the complex surgery performed on the injured racehorse Barbaro. Why is it that we are willing to spend many thousands of dollars on a finely tuned animal yet virtually ignore the scope of human need? The contrast is mind boggling. LYNN MARK St. Louis...
...INJURY Barbaro's disastrous misstep shattered three bones and dislocated a joint. Luckily, he did not injure his veins or arteries. Now he must fight off infection during recovery SAVING BARBARO 1 In a 4.5-hour operation, surgeons inserted 27 screws and a 15-in. (38 cm) plate in and along the broken bones. The bones will fuse over time. Barbaro should be able to walk again, even though his ankle won't bend Cannon Sesamoid Pastern 2 To keep him from thrashing about and reinjuring himself when the anesthetic wore off, Barbaro was lowered into a pool of water...
...after the surgery that repaired his limb, Barbaro was standing--gingerly--with the aid of a cast, but his situation is still touch and go. Infection remains a risk, as does laminitis, injury to the tissue between hoof and bone that can affect the healthy left hind leg, which now bears more weight. To minimize the risk of reinjury, Barbaro will be confined in his stall for several months. The goal is not to get him fit enough to race; that option ended shortly outside the gate at Pimlico. What he does need is an ankle strong enough to support...
That would be the ideal outcome for Barbaro. But there are plenty of other, less-fussed-over racehorses that come to a sorrier end. Breeding and racing are multibillion-dollar businesses, and they're not likely to get smaller any time soon. The people who raise and run the horses do care about them deeply, as Barbaro's attentive owners show. The industry as a whole, however, may need to love its animals just a little bit more, if only to push them a little bit less. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy or pdf.] POWER ZONE...
DEAN RICHARDSON, veterinarian, on Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's recuperation at a Pennsylvania animal hospital after breaking his leg in the Preakness...