[Dailydrool] FW: Molly

Fri Jan 9 09:50:08 PST 2009

I hope this brings a smile to you ladies of the drool. Just alittle something that is not basset but just the same very special.
Judy

From: geri at mycomspan.com
To: jewittels at msn.com
Subject: Fw: Molly
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:30:37 -0800

                                Ya gotta 
                                meet Molly...

                                Meet 
                                Molly.She's a grey speckled pony who
was 
                                abandoned by her owners when 
                                Hurricane
Katrina hit southern Louisiana . 
                                She spent weeks
on her own before finally 
                                being rescued and taken
to a farm where 
                                abandoned animals were stockpiled.
while 
                                there, she was attacked by a pit bull 
                                terrier
and almost died. Her gnawed right 
                                front leg became
infected, and her vet went 
                                to LSU for help, but
LSU was overwhelmed, and 
                                this pony was a welfare
case. You know how 
                                that goes.

But after surgeon Rustin Moore 
                                met Molly, he
changed his mind.He saw how the 
                                pony was
careful to lie down on different 
                                sides so she didn't
seem to get sores, and 
                                how she allowed people to
handle her.She 
                                protected her injured leg.She
constantly 
                                shifted her weight and didn't overload
her 
                                good leg. She was a smart pony with a 
                                serious
survival ethic.

Moore agreed 
                                to remove her leg below the knee,
and a 
                                temporary artificial limb was built. 
                                Molly
walked out of the clinic and her story 
                                really
begins there.

'This was the 
                                right horse and the right owner,'
Moore 
                                insists. Molly happened to be 
                                a
one-in-a-million patient. She's tough as 
                                nails, but sweet, and she was willing to cope 
                                with pain.
She made it obvious she understood 
                                that she was
in trouble.The other important 
                                factor, according
to Moore , is having a 
                                truly committed and compliant
owner who is 
                                dedicated to providing the daily 
                                care
required over the lifetime of the 
                                horse.

Molly's story turns into a parable 
                                for life in
Post-Katrina Louisiana ....The 
                                little pony gained weight, and her mane finally 
                                felt a comb. A human prosthesis designer built 
                                her a leg.

The prosthetic has given Molly 
                                a whole new life,
Allison Barca DVM, Molly's 
                                regular vet, reports.

And she asks for 
                                it. She will put her little limb out,
and 
                                come to you and let you know that she 
                                wants
you to put it on. Sometimes she wants 
                                you to take
lt off too. And sometimes, Molly 
                                gets away from
Barca. 'It can be pretty bad 
                                when you can't catch
a three-legged horse,' 
                                she laughs.

Most important of all, Molly 
                                has a job now. Kay,
the rescue farm owner, 
                                started taking Molly to
shelters, hospitals, 
                                nursing homes, and rehabilitation
centers. 
                                Anywhere she thought that people needed
hope. 
                                Wherever Molly went, she showed people
her 
                                pluck. She inspired people, and she had 
                                a
good time doing it.

'It's obvious to 
                                me that Molly had a bigger role to
play in 
                                life, Moore said. She survived the 
                                hurricane,
she survived a horrible injury, 
                                and now she is giving
hope to 
                                others.' 

                                Barca 
                                concluded, 'She's not back to normal, 
                                but
she's going to be better.To me, she could 
                                be a
symbol for New Orleans 
                                itself.' 

This 
                                is Molly's most recent prosthesis. The 
                                bottom
photo shows the ground surface that 
                                she stands on,
wich has a smiley face 
                                embossed in it. Wherever
Molly goes, she 
                                leaves a smiley hoof print behind. 

                                Forward 
                                this and share it with all of 
                                the
animal 
                                lovers that you know. 

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