YOUR HORSE MAGAZINE meets KATIE BRICKMAN

VET KATIE BRICKMAN was about to curry favour with a client. Having assessed a horse, she offered to return with its medication — a box of pills and a bottle of antibiotics. Oblivious that her kind act was about to throw her life into turmoil as well as threaten her career, her competitive schedule and her life, Katie walked confidently into the yard, strode across an area of concrete and through a door. It was at this point that she slipped. Her right foot went forwards, but the rest of her frame went backwards. Automatic reactions kicked in. Her hands darted behind her, and the right one found that the pill box cushioned the jolt of meeting the floor. The left, though, met the newly shattered glass of the antibiotic bottle, and a huge shard sliced effortlessly into her palm.

Yard staff ran from all directions. A poultice was placed on her hand, which, since