Wagon smashed, horses dead, road ahead uncertain

02/20/11 The metronomic pulse of the ventilator, breathing for him in the intensive care unit, sounded nothing like horses' hooves -- but Bob Skelding heard little, anyway, numbed by a "whitewash" drug to help him recover.

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Wagon smashed, horses dead, road ahead uncertain

02/20/11 EDITOR'S NOTE -- Traveling by horse-drawn wagon, Bob Skelding had covered 1,800 miles when a truck crash shattered his plan. Final part of a two-part series.

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A long, uncertain road to recovery

02/20/11 Man heals, gets new horses The metronomic pulse of the ventilator, breathing for him in the intensive care unit, sounded nothing like horses' hooves - but Bob Skelding of New Hampshire heard little, anyway, numbed by a "whitewash" drug to help him recover. A special collar immobilized his fractured neck vertebrae. Tubes drew blood from his chest cavity. IVs dripped to ease the healing of his ...

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