My daughter just got bitten on her chest by a horse ...

[ChitChatNine]

after she and a group of friends had ring time riding with a trainer. They were at the stall just standing with the trainer right there and the head went for my daughter and through her clothing a huge welt, black and blue with very small area of skin .. very small broken ... we did peroxide, antibiotic cream and band aid and her party is over in a few mins will call her pediatrician.

Will she need a tetnus booster?

C~

[RodeoQueen]

I found you on the horse board. LOL. I am so sorry to hear that your child got bitten by a horse!!! Me being around horses all my life I have gotten bit, kicked, you name it I have had it happen. So sorry to hear about it! Sound like your fast reaction was a good thing!!
Rodeo Queen

[ChitChatNine]

Thanks so much for your reply.  To update the post, she got a tetnus booster today and the Ped said the swelling is her pectoral muscle along with the big bruise which is 5CM X 5CM and she is a very petite young lady so it affects her with alot of pain.  She said to use Motrin or Tylenol and ice a few more days, etc.   The ped told me she was glad I called the Pedi on call over the weekend, etc. as they have never seen a horse bite in all the years she's been doing peds (we don't live in an area where everybody owns a horse ..it's more suburban vs rural), etc.and she is free of infection, etc.  She isn't allowed to take gym or ride a horse for another 2-3 weeks until it is healed completely due to the injury to the muscle.

C~

[lindasp62]

I think your swift action and contact with the Pediatrician was commendable. I am glad the situation turned out well.  In case this horse has a habit of biting people, I would move him to a stall where he cannot hang his head out.

[ChitChatNine]

Good News.  Her Pediatrician reminded me that since she got bitten through the clothing that the saliva didn't reach the wound most likely and puts her at a lower risk for infection, etc.  So we'll have her seen for a look/see.  It put a damper on her party .. such a shame, but in the future she'll never forget her 11th birthday huh?

C~