WSU’s Good Samaritan Fund eases veterinary costs for Spokane family after fire
New university findings highlight potential implications for equine, surgery, and veterinary practice.
It was the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever had to do.” Two days later, after community members shared information through Facebook, Bambi was found safe.
— A Spokane family whose barn, chicken house and pasture were destroyed in the Old Trails Fire no longer has to shoulder the cost of lifesaving surgery for their miniature horse, Dudley, thanks to Washington State University’s Good Samaritan Fund.
Dudley, owned by Micki Rozier and her husband Bill, was brought to WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital just two days before the fire with severe abdominal pain.
After undergoing emergency surgery to remove an intestinal blockage, Dudley was beginning his recovery at the hospital when the Old Trails Fire – which severely damaged the Rozier’s property — started Saturday.
“I turned around and you could see it coming.
It was dark; it was smoky, and your eyes are stinging.
I’ve never ever felt like that before.
It was terrifying,” Micki Rozier said.
The Roziers, who only had minutes to evacuate before they were surrounded by encroaching flames, loaded their two other horses, Moscoe and Jaeger, in a trailer but were forced to free Dudley’s best friend, a pony named Bambi.
“I had to turn her loose,” said Rozier, who didn’t even have time to grab her phone.
“Police were yelling at us to leave right now.
The report adds to ongoing university-led research relevant to veterinary medicine, animal health, and clinical decision-making.
Source university website: Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine
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