Tim Woolley Update 189 1/29-Barbaro Recovering From Surgery-Condition Serious

Barbaro Updates: 189

Update 1398: Additional media coverage from saturday's surgery.

NPR's "All Things Considered": Derby Winner Barbaro Still at Risk from Injuries. Allison Keyes interviewed Dr. Richardson (not live), and reported from the interview that Barbaro was bright-eyed, eating carrots out of people's hands yesterday (sunday). She also noted the new brace is likely to be needed for approximately 6 weeks.

CBS News interviewed their vet / reporter Dr. Debbye Turner: Setback in Barbaro's recovery. Interesting but no new information, she does discuss his fighting spirit.

Sandra McKee of The Baltimore Sun: Barbaro receives new foot brace after 'significant setback'. Sandra spoke with Mrs. Jackson for this story on sunday:

"You wish it wasn't happening," Gretchen Jackson said. "But it is."

Jackson said Barbaro's initial injury has resulted in changes in his right leg and in the way he walks on it.

"I guess it has to be an issue," she said. "He has to learn to live with his new leg, and they're trying to help him live with it. But it has created problems. Horses are horses and things happen."

Jackson again said the most important thing is for Barbaro to be pain-free.

"As long as that is the case, we'll go forward," she said. "I visited him twice [yesterday] with a friend, and his eyes were bright and he is still trying to bite you. He's still interested in life.

"They're taking good care of him, and we are staying positive. That's really all you can do."

Richardson said Barbaro "remarkably" continues to have an "excellent attitude and appetite."

Mike Jensen, Philadelphia Inquirer updated his story: Surgery leaves Barbaro at risk after talking to Mr. Jackson on sunday:

After visiting Barbaro yesterday, Roy Jackson said last night: "He appears to be fairly comfortable. He had his three buckets of grass, and is doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances."

At this point, everybody involved is just taking things "day-to-day, hour-to-hour," Jackson said. One positive that he could find about the latest surgery: "If this had happened two months after the [Preakness], the fractures would not have healed enough to do something like that. Thank goodness there's a chance."

And of course this latest setback is news around the world.