Just when things were going well with Cody's gait and trail work... As it seems to do many times, disaster reared it's ugly head. But luckily for Cody this time, it wasn't his injury, it was mine.
We were going to go to the Mobstacle Event at Alafia River State Park (an equine obstacle course) but it was threatening to rain so we decided to skip it. In the afternoon, I decided I should at least ride Cody around the area, so I saddled him up and worked him up and down the dirt road. He did really well, but the wind really started to blow.
Just as Peg was coming back around the corner from the store in the truck, Cody must have caught a glint of light off the windshield and he spooked. My attention was diverted by the truck and we were half in a ditch when it happened. I went one way, he went the other.
I landed pretty hard and Cody ran off but came ambling right back quickly, nosing on me. it didn't really hurt at first but after a while, my arm began to ache pretty bad. Two days later, I was Xrayed and I had broken my elbow. It was a radial head fracture so they didn't cast it, therefore, there was no riding for eight weeks. EIGHT WEEKS.
EIGHT WEEKS. GAHHH!
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