Horses should not impale themselves on fence posts. It is not good for their owners, veterinarians, or vet students. Had one such traumatic case today -- bad, bad situation.

We did a periosteal elevation surgery yesterday and I got to suture the closure -- about the most hands-on surgery stuff I've done so far in the rotation (the clinical fellows and residents get to do most of the stuff the senior clinicians don't do). Who knows when I'll get lots of hands on experience -- hopefully during my rotation at the Caine Center in Idaho and during the Rural Veterinary Practice rotation.

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As an aside, Steve Zehr spoke at church on Sunday -- spoke about getting back our first love for Christ. It is a subject always timely and one that rings deeply in my heart. The growth of love for God is a thing that sometimes seems to come slowly -- the more we live, the more we come to understand who HE really is. It's hard to love an esoteric concept just because you're told you should -- quite another to grasp WHO God is, what his attributes are, and to appreciate him more deeply because of that understanding. Broader life experiences help, too -- it's one thing to know that God comforts the brokenhearted -- quite another to feel the comfort yourself.