Injured falling in field

[flirtygerty]

Found our 18yr old gelding refusing to move in the field.
Luckily we can see the horsres from the house, at first I thought he was dozing, then realised his stretching his neck wasn't normal, asked my OH to check him, next thing I know, he's stripping rugs off and getting lead ropes.
It took four of us to persuade him to hobble to the barn, dragging his right hind leg, the access to the barn from the field is so chewed up now, we took a short cut through our garden.
Put him to bed tonight with his bute, sorted his rug and he has a huge swelling over the hip opposite his injured leg, I am dreading the vet's visit tomorrow, healing vibes please

 

[flirtygerty]

Sorry, so worried I can't think straight.
The rug stripping in the field was due to the big ginger thing dripping in sweat
due to the pain he was in, even now he has developed this weird shuffle to move around, obviously he is confined to his box till the vet visit

 

[quirky]

Oh dear , I hope it isn't too serious.
Doesn't sound good that he is so sweaty with pain.

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

Jeez! That sounds very serious and very painful. Couldn't vet come out as an emergency? If he's dragging a hind leg and non weight-bearing, it is an emergency. Got everything crossed he can cope through the night on 3 legs and awful pain.