BODHI’S SHEET BANDAGE!

I received the email below regarding how to protect Bodhi’s wound.  I should have done this experiment yesterday and attached it to the writeup I did about Bodhi’s progress, but I forgot.

So, I did it today!

Here is the email that inspired me:

Sometimes I cut up old sheets for bandages/cut up round and round in one continual strip/ and I use them to bind a horse’s belly…works well,  and I can buy them cheap at a thrift shop for two dollars each.  Washed up with a touch of javex makes excellent bandages. I like to roll them into balls/and keep in plastic bags to keep clean/  for future use. These I can easily afford to throw away too, when mucky with blood, etc…With twenty eight horses to care for I save pennies any way I can. I prefer the flannelette sheets over cotton as they are more comfy on the horse and not so slippy either. Five inches  is  the width  I cut them up . I save old work socks too and buy white tube socks for leg bandages. They slip easily over the hoofs ,and the elastic keeps them in place.
Then all I have to do is cut them with blunt scizzors to get bandage and socks off in one piece. Dollarama is cheap to buy these socks.   I buy the largest size I can get. Old wool sweaters buttoned up at the back of the horse /also makes great blankets for small horses or foals…

SO I DID IT…

I had to cut up a sheet twice because the first time, I didn’t do it in a spiral.  Also, I struggled with the jersey flannel material of the sheets I had chosen.

But, once I figured out how to feed my scissor path – by putting the fabric over my bent knees in jeans – all went well.  I needed sharper scissors, but it worked!  I then rolled the sheet strip into a huge yarn-like ball and put it in a baggie.

Bodhi wore his sheet bandage for 2 hours without incident.  But, it was nearing nightfall so I removed it.

Seems like an easy and successful idea!

Here he is! His wound freshly washed, treated and bandaged. He wore his sheet bandage easily for 2 hours before I took it off due to nightfall and not wanting any accidents in his pasture. I’d rather test it during the day when I can watch him.

 MAMA TESS’ BIRTHDAY IS SATURDAY!

MT will be 24 on February 1st!

Here she was today… in her stall after she had a limb perfusion of antibiotics.  She will need to stay in the hospital at least until Tuesday so they can keep perfusing with antibiotics – until she has grown healthy granulated tissue over her exposed bone.

Many of you have asked how you could help with Tess’ surgery fees… well, since the fees are a bit overwhelming, I have set up a special fund just for Tess, if you’d like to help, click here!