Absolutely gutted, vibes needed!

[RachelB]

So much for 2008 being better than 2007. After having been told that my vet is very pleased with Maiden's progress and I can start walking her in-hand at the end of next month, I got to the field this morning to find one very, very lame pony. She's ok uphill in trot, but on a circle, downhill, or anywhere in walk she's really obviously lame. She's also standing with her heel slightly raised off the ground as she did this time last year when she tore her tendon in the first place (well, second time).
Vet came out and was hopeful for an abscess or bruise, but seeing Maiden walk and trot up and me telling her what she's been like this year and last, we're pretty sure she's aggravated the tendon again last night by running around in the wind. Darcy (4yo) looks awful today so they've obviously been up to something. Vet did find a little bit of white line disease and scraped the dead tissue out, washed it out and plugged it with cotton wool. I am now armed with hydrogen peroxide, purple spray, tonnes of cotton wool, and a small bit of hoof putty so I can keep cleaning it out for the next few days and then plug it once it's clean. TBH we're clutching at straws though.
So I really need some HHO vibes and crossed fingers if possible, for the bute to work and for the girls to settle down, and then next Monday or Tuesday vet will re-assess. It's likely Maiden will need the rest of the year off though at least, and it's also likely she'll now never be ridden again.

One very gutted Sil.

 

[lexiedhb]

Oh how pants...horses eh? just one thing how come she could be out in the field if you werent allowed to walk her in hand yet?

Hope she makes a full recovery!

 

[pinkcatkin]

I totally know how you feel as I have been through the same thing and I still dont know if I will ever ride my horse again. I will keep my fingers crossed for you, in fact everything crossed, what a downer.

It is miserable, but I got through it and you can too. You never know, we may both have rideable horses after a good long period of rest.

 

[Asimmons]

Very sorry to hear your sad news. Fingers crossed for some sort of a recovery..

 

[Bossanova]

Oh no!! So near yet so far.....

Fingers crossed it's just a minor set-back and she improves, keep us updated

 

[Stella]

Thats rotten for you and your pony. I know how tough it is. My mare had a lot of problems at one time and I eventually turned her away. The Vet didn't believe she would come sound without surgery, but since the surgery didn't have a great success rate, I didn't want to put her through it. He said, "well try her in the spring, not because I expect her to be sound, just to see if she has improved at all". After 8 months, I had a look at her, she seemed totally sound

the vet reviewed her and found her sound

That was two years ago and we have never looked back

Moral of the story - its a pants situation, but hang on in there, its worth it in the end

 

[Nari]

Oh hell

No advice or experiences of this but I'm sending Maiden lots of get well vibes & (((hugs))) to you.

 

[Tempi]

Oh hun, so sorry to read this

Lets hope she hasnt done anymore damage to the tendon - fingers crossed shes better next week when you get her re-assessed x

 

[Hullabaloo]

Really sorry to hear this - I hope it does turn out to be something less serious. Will keep everything crossed for you.

 

[Chumsmum]

No wonder you are gutted

(((MASSIVE HEALING VIBES)))

C xx

 

[HBII]

Big hugs.

Hb

 

[saskia295]

Oh no, so sorry to hear that. I'll keep everything crossed for you.

 

[RachelB]

Thanks guys, much appreciated. My mum and I have pretty much decided to write her off, and who knows one day she may be ridden again but we're not going to hope for anything more than her being field sound. So if we can find somewhere near to home to keep Maiden plus one, I may be replacement horse shopping in the summer. At least I can have something to look forward to! Just a shame I didn't get her insured for loss of use (damned hindsight!)
lexiedhb - "just one thing how come she could be out in the field if you werent allowed to walk her in hand yet?" - she tore her deep digital flexor tendon, not her superficial. DDFTs need about twice the amount of time for about half the hope of it coming right, and as such the recommended thing to do is have them on box rest for a few months until the initial lameness has subsided, then to turn them away for 9-18 months. Horses with SDFT injuries tend to have a better prognosis for a shorter recovery time, so they tend to start their rehab walking before being allowed off box rest completely. I'm just very fortunate really that as it did have to be the worse injury of the two, my horse is on the whole a very sensible girl and won't run around much in the field. Apart from last night, obviously