GOOD NEWS (possibly!) following on from b*gger b*gger b*gger etc

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Ok well its possible good news.

Dan was still 9 tenths lame today. vet on arrival asked to see him trotted up (yeah right) apparently he managed a few strides of walk sorry hopping and that was it.

BUT the good news (possibly) is that the swelling that looked like he had done his check/suspensory the vet thinks is actually just the veins running in to his foot in over drive and that the lameness is entirely due to pus in the foot. (which he has had before but never anywhere near this lame). He had a good dig but couldn't find too much but reckons its in there. So I have to poultice him for 2 days and hope to see lots of pus and improvement in the lameness otherwise he is going to get prodded further.

So it seems the b*gger did still jump out of the field (he had to have done to get where he was) but that the pus was brewing when he did so and those that have had horses get pus before it can come on almost instantly when reaches necessary pressure. And that it either perfectly coincided to allow him to jump out or the jumping out itself knocked it rather painfully.

So lots of healing vibes please as I want to find (well my YO to find ha ha) lots of pus in his poultice in the morning and a significantly sounder horse to go with it!

Thanks to those who made comments in the original thread, some fantastic treatments and comments that if it turns out to be more sinister than just pus I could well explore.


Thanks again

Katie
 
That sounds promising!

Lets hope you find a very pus filled poultice in the morn!
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Fingers crossed for you both
 
That is fab news. It does come on sudden. Spot had it and the vet first of all thought he had broken his leg.

Fingers crossed
 
well he is already sounder than he was last night but far from sound (about 7/10ths now) he is weight bearing which is main thing as that will help drive out whatever is in there. Didn't take Poultice off this evening as it had only been on a few hours but will leav YO the pleasure of removing it tomorrow morning
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He has the bandages off and swelling although there isn't really enough for ligament damage and there is a very noticeable digital pulse. There is still the possibility he has done other damage as he did bring down the fencing but won't be able to judge if there is any till got rid of the seemingly pus filled contents of his foot.

So please keep the healing vibes coming and lots of pus filled poultice thoughts as well
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You know what I wrote a reply to you last night suggesting it might be pus! Then decided things sounded bad so maybe best not actually post it!

Was going XC on a horse I had a few years ago- he felt a bit lame so I walked him home- got lamer and lamer to the point where he was stranded in the middle of the yard. Couldn't get him to walk a step. Thought it was game over- emergency vet came out and diagnosed an abcess- took 5 of us to reverse him into the nearest stable. Pus emerged after a few days...

The jumping had disturbed the abcess and it must have hit a nerve, sounds like the same could have happened to yours!

Been thinking of you both today... fingers crossed for pus soon!!!!!
 
well thing is he has on average one abcess a year due to concussion problems as a 5yo BUT he has never been anywhere near this lame from one before so although I hoped had crossed it off the list of possibilities as afterall think worse case senario then this potential outcome is a pleasent surprise! Although annoyed at being on box rest I think he was quite enjoying the attention especially the big bag of carrots I bought him!
 
Make sure the poultice covers coronet band aswell if you can. Went through this years ago with mine as a 2 year old. She couldn't move it was that bad but vet couldn't get anything out of her foot.

Went on for days, had nerve blocks etc. He even got to the point he thought it was a broken bone in the foot and she'd have had it. Horrible prognosis for a 2YO. Bl**dy abscess came out of the coronet band - worked up over instead of down.

It seems to be the only time you are PLEASED to see smelly pus!
 
You have just put a smile on my face, I bet you are so relieved...
Agree about running about makes any little infection brew up, we always find lame horses after the hunt passes through the farm, they gallop after them like maniacs old retired broken down or not!!
We poultice with some dark brown vile smelling stuff from Equine America, don't know what on earth it is but it works really well on pus filled feet..
 
oh good that sounds a bit more promising. fingers crossed dan produces the biggest load of vile pus in the morning and that the pressure relieves!!
 
I had a horse once who had a foot infection and his whole leg swelled up so that the first vet who saw him thought it was a tendon (eejit) He was hopping lame. As soon as my proper vet saw him she said it was a hoof abcess and I stood him in buckets of hot water until it popped out of his coronet band. He came sound almost straight away.
PF had an abcess that tracked up so there was nothing coming out of the poultice and vets had to open up her foot and carve a bit out of her pedal bone. Fortunately she recovered very well and is absolutely fine now
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Good luck!!
 
found some other injuries though today so he obviously did crash over the fence! He has two grazes on his bum about the size of 2p pieces and he has now swollen up (which wouldn't have been helped by him rubbing it) at the top of his dock more so on the near side and also a bit on the near side behind the saddle so he obviously landed on his near side.

The poor lad is enjoying the fuss though and he was sound enough (about 6/10ths now!) to go for a walk round the indoor school and a roll
 
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