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What's the most serious injury you've ever received from an other-than-human animal?

Posted - November 14, 2020

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  • 10052
    Sounds like you've had a few adventures! :)

    My most interesting injury was probably a minor cut on my hand from a great horned owl's talon. 
      November 17, 2020 7:30 PM MST
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  • 4624
    Bucked off a young horse while cantering along a hard-packed dirt road.
    Kicked in the ribs as I fell.
    Landed hard.
    Broke four ribs.
    One of them punctured a lung.
    Three days later, fainted from lack of air.
    Four days in hospital with a stent draining the lung.
    Two weeks in bed.
    Six weeks for the bones to heal.
    A year before the pain subsided.
    Two years of mild pleurisy.

    I've been much more careful with my training of young horses since then.
      November 16, 2020 5:20 PM MST
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  • 10052
    That's pretty serious!! Glad you eventually recovered!

     
      November 17, 2020 7:35 PM MST
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  • 16792
    Bee sting. I'm allergic, it could have killed me.
      November 20, 2020 3:35 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Keep that epi-pen with you! 
      November 20, 2020 6:54 PM MST
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