PolarSkye
Well-Known Member
There was major sepsis in that hock joint when we took him in . . . white cell count in a healthy joint is 1 or below . . . 5 or above indicates sepsis . . . Kal's count was 25.
Vet reckons if we'd left it until the next morning (which was never an option), the infection would have taken hold and we would probably have lost him.
Surgeon tapped the joint this morning and the white cell count is 2 . . . hurrah! He's coming off the intravenous antibios today and going onto oral ABs, they'll change his dressing tomorrow and reassess on Wednesday and if he's still sound (which remarkably he is) and the wound sites all look good he can come home.
From there, it's two weeks box rest until a couple of days after the stitches come out . . . two weeks or so in a postage stamp-sized pen and then he can go out into his new field. Ridden work can start in three to four weeks.
I am doing such a happy dance right now.
Thank you for all your vibes and good wishes - they worked!
P
Vet reckons if we'd left it until the next morning (which was never an option), the infection would have taken hold and we would probably have lost him.
Surgeon tapped the joint this morning and the white cell count is 2 . . . hurrah! He's coming off the intravenous antibios today and going onto oral ABs, they'll change his dressing tomorrow and reassess on Wednesday and if he's still sound (which remarkably he is) and the wound sites all look good he can come home.
From there, it's two weeks box rest until a couple of days after the stitches come out . . . two weeks or so in a postage stamp-sized pen and then he can go out into his new field. Ridden work can start in three to four weeks.
I am doing such a happy dance right now.
Thank you for all your vibes and good wishes - they worked!
P
