foot abcess[do you think he will be ok]

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After my farrier put my horses shoe back on last Monday [which he lost 3 days after it was shod] he must have put a nail in too close and he was lame by the afternoon. He came back out and removed the nail but he got worse and the farrier was away so I called the vet who took off the shoe and scraped the foot but didn't dig any out. I was told to poultice and tub in epsom salts which I did. On Saturday he was really bad and I called the vet and farrier again but both said to keep poulticing and give alittle bute. Today the farrier has come out and opened the foot a little and now put on a dry animalintex which is to be left on until Wednesday then he said take it off and he thinks he will be able to put a shoe on Friday!
What do you think, he is entered for the intro champs a week on Saturday. He is not having any antibiotics [ they don't seem to give them for foot abcess anymore.
Do you think he has any chance of going to champs, he is still very lame?
 
You have given me hope, he is on box rest and has been for a week so I hope it will not harm him [ if he comes sound] only doing 1 weeks work before an event. Have to see what his wind is like but he makes the time easily as it is only intro.
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he looks lovely, you'll be nervous till wednesday then i bet!!! hope it comes out, last time my lad had an abcess we were tubbing him 3 times a day for a couple of days then i put his foot in the bucket in the 4th day, he reared up and when i looked at his foot it had burst as i put it in the water, nice!!!! never been so happy to smell such a rancid smell!!!!!

fingers crossed you smell the same wednesday!! haha!!! ;-)
 
My old girl was prone to abcesses with her Cushins.Once the abcess had burst i used to syringe iodine into it twice a day and found it kept it clean and help it heal.
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Once the abscess has burst, often through the coronary band, she will be almost instantly pain free. You have hope!!!
 
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