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Posted in Uncategorized | June 7th, 2011

 

Meet  Molly

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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,
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
it 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.

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

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God’s creatures often  reflect the character we aspire to.

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