a sad update on my TB woes

little_rou said:
Thank you - I hope your all right, having had a fatal colic, a Keratoma and a kissing spine, I have lost 2 horses and retired another 1, all in 3 years, not sure how much more I can stomach to be honest :(

Thankyou for all the PMs and supportive comments x
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As MrsM says 'that's horses for you'. I had a Shire mare aged 6 pts from laminitis and then lost her replacement - a gorgeous Clydie mare, after 4 years, aged 11. Then my ID has had a bad back 2 1/2 years into owning her, although I think now that she's been suffering all along. As you can imagine until the vet diagnosed muscle wastage and pronounced her fine to bring back into work after a course of acupuncture, I was on pins in case something was seriously wrong with her. You will start to feel more positive soon I'm sure.
I'm really sorry to hear your sad news but you made the best possible decision for your horse.
 
Little Rou, my heart goes out to you and I am sure your boy appreciated all that you did for him right to the end. xx
 
little_rou said:
Don't know if any of you will remember this thread?

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=392638&highlight=little_rou

I posted some time back talking about the problems I was having with my ex racer.

Well, I promised an updated, and here it is, unfortunately it turned out to be something far more serious than I imagined, and after consulting with vet and physio, we decided to go up to fellows farm for a full lameness work up and xrays - which showed he had a kissing spine.

Looks like poor boy has been suffering for a while as the bones where quite badly worn away, they found 10 points on his spine that where kissing, his spine was actually overlapping in places.

As it was a bad case (vet said if 0 was perfect and 10 was awful we where about a 9) it was recommended that we go straight to surgery or PTS, as it was felt cortisone (sp?) and pain killers etc wouldn't have a great enough effect long term in this case.

After lots of discussions with his owner (he was on loan to me) and the professionals who had been involved and helped along the way, including my instructor, We made the very very hard decision to PTS - weighing up all the other problems that he had, and the severity of the treatment and rehab etc. we felt that it wasn't best for him to persevere.

So its all over :(

I have wanted to write this update for some time but just haven't been able to find the strength and words to do so.

Thank you soo much to all the people who contacted me and offered help, support and guidance, and all of those who posted in response to my original thread, your support and advice was invaluable.
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I lost Woody my Ex-Racer to exactly the same type of kissing spine, felt so useless and guilty that I hadnt picked it up sooner as he had also put up with it for a while,Dont feel guilty the right decision has been made and he is now pain free having a blast on the gallops in sky. Massive hugs to you. x x x
 
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