Horse is fitting after head injury- what are my chances?

Did a few orbits of the school in hand today- she's bright in her stable, but she tired almost immediately once I took her out :(

Going to be a long long road :(

But she's returned to being a sweetie hunting nuisance in her stable- I'll take that >_<

:)
 
High Hope said:
Did a few orbits of the school in hand today- she's bright in her stable, but she tired almost immediately once I took her out :(

Going to be a long long road :(

But she's returned to being a sweetie hunting nuisance in her stable- I'll take that >_<

:)
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She is obviously going the right way now but she is bound to be very tired.


I know someone who suffered from post concussion fatigue. There was some discussion of a referral to a neurologist but her GP was pretty sure that the problem was PCF, apparently he had seen it a patient after a motor-bike accident. She was off work for months (September to May) then went back part-time for a few weeks but was too tired, so had more time off and went back successfully in September, so had a full year off work before being able to resume her normal levels of activity.

I am sure that you will give Rosa all the time that she needs to recover fully but fingers crossed that she won't need that long!
 
Pearlsasinger said:
She is obviously going the right way now but she is bound to be very tired.


I know someone who suffered from post concussion fatigue. There was some discussion of a referral to a neurologist but her GP was pretty sure that the problem was PCF, apparently he had seen it a patient after a motor-bike accident. She was off work for months (September to May) then went back part-time for a few weeks but was too tired, so had more time off and went back successfully in September, so had a full year off work before being able to resume her normal levels of activity.

I am sure that you will give Rosa all the time that she needs to recover fully but fingers crossed that she won't need that long!
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That's helpful, thank you.

I'm planning to give her at least a month in her stable, and then reassess whether she needs to stay in or can start going out in her field again.

That's pretty much the only rough plan I have so far! Lol :)
 
I too am happy she's doing so well. Yes baby steps, after all there's no rush it will all happen in good time. You can't rush things like this. Is she still taking as strong painkillers or have you reduced her dosage?

I agree she is best alone nice and quiet in her stable - can't afford the risk just yet of being out with others.

She is so lucky to have you :D
 
Princess16 said:
I too am happy she's doing so well. Yes baby steps, after all there's no rush it will all happen in good time. You can't rush things like this. Is she still taking as strong painkillers or have you reduced her dosage?

I agree she is best alone nice and quiet in her stable - can't afford the risk just yet of being out with others.

She is so lucky to have you :D
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Thank you :)

And she's only on 1 danilon twice a day :)

I'll reduce her to 1x a day in a week or so :)
 
So so pleased that Rosa has turned a corner, its testament to you and your Mum going in to battle on her behalf. Speaking of your Mum, any chance you might consider lending her out at a reasonable rate to help me tackle those sticky issues where I feel I need back-up?!?
 
Fun Times said:
So so pleased that Rosa has turned a corner, its testament to you and your Mum going in to battle on her behalf. Speaking of your Mum, any chance you might consider lending her out at a reasonable rate to help me tackle those sticky issues where I feel I need back-up?!?
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HA! She's usually pretty amenable to that :p

And she is awesome, isn't she. I'm incredibly lucky :
 
Been following this but not posted until now.
Am so pleased to read the positive progress.
Hope Rosa can defy everything she and you went through to make a full recovery in time.
 
ycbm said:
How's it going? Hoping there's been more progress and she will be signed off the sick list soon :)
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Sorry, just seen this :)

She's actually doing really well! I'm very pleased with her.

She's becoming a bit of a rude nuisance in the stable (can't really blame her) , and she is asking to go for short walks now (I've been taking her out to find grass everyday) but about 1/2 an hour is her limit, before she gets really tired again and wants to go back to bed.

She's also eating like a complete pig! She's demolishing her massive haynets, and she's on a huge amount of the easy to eat/ high calorie feed twice a day :)

A different vet came out to check her over on Friday (a self professed 'neurology geek') and she was made up with her :) she recommended just to carry on as we are, and hopefully she will keep making massive leaps forwards :)

She's still on her danilon twice a day, and I can't see me lowering the dose by much in the very near future

All in all, I'm incredibly pleased and relieved!!! It is going to be a long road, I can see that, but we're running in the right direction now :D :)
 
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