Horse in horspital awaiting surgery - vibes needed!

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Feeling a little worried at the moment. Horse is at Newmarket having gone there for lameness investigation which included an MRI. Turns out she has a very small tear in the deep digital flexor tendon around the navicular bursa which the vet said would be unlikely to heal if left alone. So she's having keyhole surgery next week which means a general anaesthetic. Called them today to see how she is and she's happy as larry. I'm away on holiday next week but I just feel very worried about the op - just hope she comes through ok (not even thinking about the 6 months rehab we will need afterwards). Missing her and it feels weird not to be going up to the yard every night so its all very strange at the moment. Newmarket have been fantastic and so reassuring to a panicky owner who has never handled anything like this before. I'll be so glad when Tuesday is over but I think I'll be a mess until I get the phonecall from them!
 
Healing vibes coming your way try not to worry too much I know its easier said than done I would be the same, please keep us updated and let us know how it goes, have a lovely holiday x
 
Have everything crossed for you and your mare, I know how worrying it is, but she is in the best place she can be, have a great holiday.
 
You got 'em . . . I am sure she will be fine, but keeping everything crossed for you and her. Try and enjoy your holiday.

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I know how you feel. My girl had a stifle arthroscopy 9 days ago. Trust me when I say that is the easy part as having them home worrying about everything/ rehab is the hard bit! My girl had evening surgery with roger smith from the RVC he came to my local practice. She was put under around 7 & they called at 9:45 to say she was up & awake :). Best advice they said was no newsis good news! As it means everything is going well! Let me know how he gets on!
 
TheSylv007 said:
Missing her and it feels weird not to be going up to the yard every night so its all very strange at the moment. Newmarket have been fantastic and so reassuring to a panicky owner who has never handled anything like this before. I'll be so glad when Tuesday is over but I think I'll be a mess until I get the phonecall from them!
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I hope it works out for you. I am sure that it will.

My first horse had to endure three operations under GA in three weeks, and each time it was a total nightmare, the worry was dreadful and I had to temporarily stop working as I did a 100 mile round trip every day to visit him after work and was getting exhausted. His last operation I arrived when they were bringing him around in the padded anaesthetic box and I could hear them slapping his bum trying to wake him up, they told me after that he really like a good sleep and used to snore when coming round! When he was back on his feet they let me climb the ladder outside the box so I could peer down at him and I will never forget when he looked up at me with his legs sticking out at each corner trying to prop him upright as he was still very sedated and his eyes looked at me with such love.

Sadly he didn't make it but it was nothing to do with the operation it was merely that his fetlock joint (which had opened up following traumatic injury) wouldn't heal.

I know your horse will come home so please try not to worry too much, Tuesday will soon be over and you will get the call and the good news that you want. Thinking of you x xx
 
Oh....sending big vibes. I hope the op goes well and as others have said. Try not to worry too much, your baby is the best place. xxx
 
Thanks for your replies, AppleCart you must have been beside yourself! Got a call from Newmarket today and she came through the op ok and the vet was happy with how it went And he's hopeful for a positive outcome so I'm feeling so much better. Hopefully have her home on Sunday and then we're on to our 6 months of walking. I will look at it as extended groundwork and take each day as it comes. Just have to do everything the vets say And hope we can get her right. Thanks again for your vibes!
 
Just thought I would do a little update as I got some nice messages of support on here. Rose came through the operation very well and came home about 3 weeks ago with a huuuge dressing on! The journey home was a bit hairy due to diabolical rain but she was so pleased to be home she practically dragged me off the trailer and dived into her stable. Had to change the dressing twice before having the vet out to take out the stitches. They had warned me at Newmarket that she was afraid of the duct tape they used to keep everything in place (she didn't like the noise of it coming off the roll!) and boy they were right! The first dressing change was a nightmare as I had reams of fibregee and vet wrap to try and position over the hoof and leg while she pranced about, then getting the strips of tape meant her panicking and breaking her baler twine. Needless to say it took a while! I then realised that cutting the tape into strips first and sticking them to a chair (Blue Peter style) combined with bribery with mints was the way forward. So every time I had to unravel more tape, she got a mint - amazingly she got very brave after that and instead of diving off, she would look at me as if to say "ok, I've been brave, now where's the mint eh?". Sorted!

Then had the vet out to remove the stitches (the wound was so neat!) but I couldn't start her walking as her feet had grown so much (she had been due to be shod when she went into horspital but I was advised to leave it as they would take off the shoes for the MRI and if they wanted to do any remedial trimming I needed to leave them something to work with) and it was proving difficult to get the farrier out. Got him out a week later to trim her and we have started our walking. We began with 5 mins twice a day which was 'challenging'. Lots of pent up energy resulting in spooking then rearing - stupidly I didn't wear gloves the first time so got some nice rope burns! Just in the school at the moment til she calms down then maybe we'll go out for some in-hand hacking to keep it a bit more interesting.

Oddly, I'm actually quite enjoying the walking, I need the exercise but its nice to just spend time with her (rather than just mucking out and feeding her) so maybe it will be a nice way to bond more? Got to build up to 30 mins twice a day and then more after that which is quite a commitment (she's normally on full livery in the week but I'm now having to go up twice a day) but luckily I have access to the walker for some of it.

She is walking out really well, I just hope that it works and that I can get her right again.
 
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