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The couple walked to the barn with the horse quietly following them on the lead and Mangus, and Chief walked behind the horse. Knowing the animal was showing up today, Chief came outside when he saw the truck drive up and loved the surprise on the colonel’s face when he found out the horse belonged to him. With the new horse in his stall, they watched Bandit and Shotgun greet each other, and it looked like two identical heads looking at each other with both animals getting along and in some way they knew Jackson belonged to them.

So, in February 1984, Jackie and Frank cleared their patient to start riding and allowed him to drive long distances in March, but it took until June 1984 for Jackson to regain the full use of his arm and get

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