showqa
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Hello - my 13 year old started to stumble about a month ago. Rested him for a month, and had osteo manipulate as it was thought that C7 could have something to do with it. Osteo did say that there was a lot of soreness, stiffness etc, but bit chicken and egg as to whether that caused the stumbles or was caused by the stumbles. That was just under two weeks ago. Anyway, he had a bad fall on the lunge yesterday (by the way, he has not been ridden since the stumbling appeared), and so I am now having the vet in Monday.
His feet, in terms of balance, are truly excellent and externally he has good feet for sure. The stumble first appeared under saddle, and he was immediately taken off ridden work. Recent stumbles (when he goes to his knees) have been without a rider, so not saddle/bit/rider balance related, on a lunge in walk and working trot. I must admit that I am expecting it to be either arthritic changes or navicular.
Can somebody give me a rough estimate of costs X - rays and nerve blocking please?
He is not insured and money is tight. Please, before anybody jumps on me, my husband left me for another woman and my life collapsed and in fact I let go of my other two horses and a pony as a result. I kept this one because I totally adore him and he is tricky and frankly, other than me, he will meet his maker. So for most of his life he was insured but I simply could no longer afford that.
Any advice/experience you may have to offer would be gratefully appreciated as this really is yet another source of great angst and upset for me.
Thanks in advance.
His feet, in terms of balance, are truly excellent and externally he has good feet for sure. The stumble first appeared under saddle, and he was immediately taken off ridden work. Recent stumbles (when he goes to his knees) have been without a rider, so not saddle/bit/rider balance related, on a lunge in walk and working trot. I must admit that I am expecting it to be either arthritic changes or navicular.
Can somebody give me a rough estimate of costs X - rays and nerve blocking please?
He is not insured and money is tight. Please, before anybody jumps on me, my husband left me for another woman and my life collapsed and in fact I let go of my other two horses and a pony as a result. I kept this one because I totally adore him and he is tricky and frankly, other than me, he will meet his maker. So for most of his life he was insured but I simply could no longer afford that.
Any advice/experience you may have to offer would be gratefully appreciated as this really is yet another source of great angst and upset for me.
Thanks in advance.