Foggy Oldie
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Hi,
Looking for some positive outcomes for FORELIMB PSD. Our 7 year old low mileage horse has recently been diagnosed with bilateral forelimb PSD, the right is worse than the left. Horse wasn’t obviously lame but ‘just not quite right’. Poor performance work up including nerve blocks showed PSD with some bone sclerosis behind the knee/top of cannon bone. We are absolutely gutted, she’s such a beautiful horse inside and out
. She has had shockwave therapy and is due to have another two sessions. She is to have 4 weeks of box rest which the vet has suggested a very small paddock the size of two stables due to her being unsettled while in on her own, then small paddock turnout for 4 weeks until she is re assessed. The vet seems to think there is an 80% chance of full recovery back to current workload which includes showjumping up to 1 metre and the goal of BE 90. He has said that forelimb has a much better prognosis than hind limb for returning to previous level of work and higher. He said if we get past the first year without re-injury that the risk is then the same as any other horse. The vet has arranged for their remedial farrier to shoe her although at this point, until we’ve seen him next week, we don’t know what the plan is. I understand PSD can be a secondary issue hence a different farrier taking over the care of her feet going forward. We do trust our vet but would like some reassurance that other people have had a positive outcome. I have gone down the google rabbit hole which I probably shouldn’t have. Please be kind. We are heartbroken for our beautiful girl. We’ve had some rotten luck with our previous horse so hoping for a positive outcome.
Looking for some positive outcomes for FORELIMB PSD. Our 7 year old low mileage horse has recently been diagnosed with bilateral forelimb PSD, the right is worse than the left. Horse wasn’t obviously lame but ‘just not quite right’. Poor performance work up including nerve blocks showed PSD with some bone sclerosis behind the knee/top of cannon bone. We are absolutely gutted, she’s such a beautiful horse inside and out
. She has had shockwave therapy and is due to have another two sessions. She is to have 4 weeks of box rest which the vet has suggested a very small paddock the size of two stables due to her being unsettled while in on her own, then small paddock turnout for 4 weeks until she is re assessed. The vet seems to think there is an 80% chance of full recovery back to current workload which includes showjumping up to 1 metre and the goal of BE 90. He has said that forelimb has a much better prognosis than hind limb for returning to previous level of work and higher. He said if we get past the first year without re-injury that the risk is then the same as any other horse. The vet has arranged for their remedial farrier to shoe her although at this point, until we’ve seen him next week, we don’t know what the plan is. I understand PSD can be a secondary issue hence a different farrier taking over the care of her feet going forward. We do trust our vet but would like some reassurance that other people have had a positive outcome. I have gone down the google rabbit hole which I probably shouldn’t have. Please be kind. We are heartbroken for our beautiful girl. We’ve had some rotten luck with our previous horse so hoping for a positive outcome.
horses worry us to death don’t they.