Kitari
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Spot background, Red injured her eye while I was away on Christmas, 25 days ago Christmas eve to be exact. Swelled like a fruit, ugly looking discharge, unable to open the works, yada yada yada. Unable to get back until 2 days later treatment did start late. Did salin solution flushes and then applied terramycin per vet's orders. Fed her out of a pan on the ground to prevent accidental bumping of her eye on her feed bucket.
So far her eye has improved greatly. The ulcer had covered her entire eye and she also had distinct blood speckled/spots at the site of the injury itself. I watched the ulcer over her eye slowly dissipate turning into an oily looking covering on her eye and continue to recede leaving the main injury site still very much healing.
I checked it today and the site of injury looks great, its already starting to dissipate like the rest of her eye did, the blood spots are no longer there and there is only a very small area of corneal ulcer actually there, and even then not seeming to impede her vision.
So now I guess everyone is wondering the reason to my post since things obviously seem to be going well.
Well, I have not ridden her since she injured herself, I was planning on riding earlier but it had rained all day, but I am still slightly undecided, should I go ahead and hop on and act like its work like normal? As though nothing has changed? Should I wait and see if the rest of the ulcer is gone completely?(taking into consideration it may never be completely gone) Ride but be very cautious on the ride? Like don't take her out on a trail or anything? Stick to the backyard?
This is, obviously, my first time dealing with an issue like this, when Poco had her tendon injuries it was an obvious course of action, dont ride til she shows sound on the longe at walk and trot, and then build up slowly with light riding. Red however is fit as a fiddle leg wise, and now I feel like im going blindly in uncharted territory...
So far her eye has improved greatly. The ulcer had covered her entire eye and she also had distinct blood speckled/spots at the site of the injury itself. I watched the ulcer over her eye slowly dissipate turning into an oily looking covering on her eye and continue to recede leaving the main injury site still very much healing.
I checked it today and the site of injury looks great, its already starting to dissipate like the rest of her eye did, the blood spots are no longer there and there is only a very small area of corneal ulcer actually there, and even then not seeming to impede her vision.
So now I guess everyone is wondering the reason to my post since things obviously seem to be going well.
Well, I have not ridden her since she injured herself, I was planning on riding earlier but it had rained all day, but I am still slightly undecided, should I go ahead and hop on and act like its work like normal? As though nothing has changed? Should I wait and see if the rest of the ulcer is gone completely?(taking into consideration it may never be completely gone) Ride but be very cautious on the ride? Like don't take her out on a trail or anything? Stick to the backyard?
This is, obviously, my first time dealing with an issue like this, when Poco had her tendon injuries it was an obvious course of action, dont ride til she shows sound on the longe at walk and trot, and then build up slowly with light riding. Red however is fit as a fiddle leg wise, and now I feel like im going blindly in uncharted territory...
