And the vet was right

Promptly at 6 days, minutes after I made an appointment to have his stitches removed, he ripped out the ones on his left front – the more seriously injured. Arrggghhhhh. As my regular vet was coming out to give all the horses their shots she took a look, removed the pieces of stitches, cleaned it, and replaced the bandage. She gave him no drugs just some alfalfa. Have I mentioned he’s a tough guy? I wouldn’t bring up the ‘no drugs’ except when the other vet showed up to take out the remaining stitches and clean/rebandage the wounds he gave him a 'calming' shot. Seems he remembers Whisper from the sarcoma surgery and was taking no chances. Can't blame him for that I guess but I did tell him Whisper's a lot more calm now. Anyway he has 10 more days in a stall before he can move to one of the small round pens. He’s handling it very well. He likes to watch the two little fillies being weaned in the round pen outside his window. They talk occasionally.

Today I had both Doc and Spice in the round pen. He called several times from the confines of his stall and got to rub noses with Spice on her way through the barn. While he doesn't complain often I can tell he really misses his pasture mates. He doesn't seem to have bonded with any of the Arabs in adjacent stalls - imagine my surprise. We're both counting the days until he can get back outside.