At Mission House Reading Camp yesterday, our afternoon field trip took us to an equine hospital. Who would've known that a hospital could be so informative and interesting? Campers, counselors, and very-curious-adult-staff-who-tagged-along got see to a foal going into surgery, the radiology, bone scan, farrier and MRI areas of the Rood and Riddle facilities.
The same campers who yesterday were hesitant to get in the creek ("bugs, ewww bugs!") were more than happy to thoroughly examine, handle and pass around a horse hoof (afflicted with laminitis--so we saw what happened to Barbaro!) and the cross section of a horse shin and ankle.
Most interesting were the moments reserved for "shoe shopping" and of course the horse exercise treadmill that usually supports horses that weigh 1000 pounds. The Reading Campers couldn't get it to budge!
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