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High-maintenance patients

22 Mar 2009, 9:13 PM

Foaling season continues with one case after another in the intensive care unit at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. Tasks for each patient are performed at 15-minute, hour, and two-hour intervals. Vital signs are taken, medication checked, sheets changed. Patients get physical therapy; they’re turned to avoid bed sores, or in the case of a foal whose ribs aren’t fractured, propped up to keep trying...

Readers are cautioned to seek the advice of a qualified veterinarian before proceeding with any diagnosis, treatment, or therapy.

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