[A twist is coming, but I hope you'll be surprised why a blues song about death will be relevant. BTW, I'm playing the 🎶.] As he lay in the hospital bed, he thought back on other decisions that had hard consequences. He remembered when had forgotten to latch one of the gates and one of the cows wandered out to the road. Unfortunately, a passing truck’s driver had just reached over to change radio stations and clipped the old Bessy enough to fracture her hip. When John got there and saw the pain she was in, he was sick to his stomach. He called his dad. His dad explained that she was a “down cow” and that the longer she stayed down the less likely she would get up. “Dad, it just looks like her leg is broken, can’t we splint it? She’ll be okay.” “Son, we can’t put a cast on a 1200 pound animal. I can see that it’s not even worth calling the float tank guy. Sure, the water would take the weight off for a little bit, but it’s her hip and she’d just lie back down and drown in the tank. Without delay, his father got their rifle and had John put her down. The boy had raised her as a calf and it was the hardest thing he had ever had to do. To be continued. #farmcountry #farmequipment #ontheroad #slowdown #rural #sights #nottooclose #orelse #washingtoncounty #md #maryland #boonsboro #changeandgrow #crash #offroading #inthehospital #introuble #wrecked #hospital #monitor #presence #intheroom #decisions #consequences #oldbessie #screwedup
