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Paraplegic Foal Update: Lucky as a Long Yearling

by: Christy West, TheHorse.com Webmaster
Last year we brought you the unique story of Lucky, a Quarter Horse foal rendered paraplegic at about two weeks of age by an abscess pressing on his spinal cord. Veterinarians at North Carolina State University devised a special treatment for his abscess, and with the help of his devoted owners, he pulled through. Today at more than 17 months of age, ...



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