iknowmyvalue
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An update for anyone who replied to my last thread 
we spent the whole day at Oakham yesterday trying to work out what’s been going on with Henry. The phrase “vets should never own horses, they’re never straightforward to work up” about sums it up. 5 sets of nerve blocks, a clean set of X-rays, clean ultrasound and an MRI later we finally have an answer!
He’s got a really nasty bone bruise on his pastern, and some fluid in the middle of the SDFT overlying it The SDFT isn’t enlarged and the fibres look ok on ultrasound so we are hopeful this is just a tiny lesion or bruising/inflammation.
Recovery is going to be a bit “how long is a piece of string” unfortunately. But current plan is at least 6wks box rest, the first 3 weeks on bute, and the next fortnight with a support bandage on. If he’s sound at 4wks he can do short walks in hand. Then (if he’s sound) we are going to re-MRI at 6-8wks with a view to see if he’s healed enough to start to come back into work. But also with the awareness that it might take up to 12 weeks (or even longer) for him to be fully sound, and there’s no point MRI-ing again until he is.
So obviously it’s a complete bummer that Summer riding plans are out. But silver linings and all: he should come 100% right eventually, there’s hopefully no long term damage and it’s an injury that’s not likely to recur. Plus they said he was an absolute saint and made their lives very easy, which is always nice to hear! He’s got a nice big stable to box rest in, plenty of hay, and we’re going to try and make sure there’s another horse next to him for most of the day that he can interact with over the wall.
I just keep reminding myself that it could have been a lot worse, and he will be ok. Now to put all my energy into making sure he has everything he needs to make his recovery as quick and uneventful as possibly
we spent the whole day at Oakham yesterday trying to work out what’s been going on with Henry. The phrase “vets should never own horses, they’re never straightforward to work up” about sums it up. 5 sets of nerve blocks, a clean set of X-rays, clean ultrasound and an MRI later we finally have an answer!He’s got a really nasty bone bruise on his pastern, and some fluid in the middle of the SDFT overlying it
The SDFT isn’t enlarged and the fibres look ok on ultrasound so we are hopeful this is just a tiny lesion or bruising/inflammation.Recovery is going to be a bit “how long is a piece of string” unfortunately. But current plan is at least 6wks box rest, the first 3 weeks on bute, and the next fortnight with a support bandage on. If he’s sound at 4wks he can do short walks in hand. Then (if he’s sound) we are going to re-MRI at 6-8wks with a view to see if he’s healed enough to start to come back into work. But also with the awareness that it might take up to 12 weeks (or even longer) for him to be fully sound, and there’s no point MRI-ing again until he is.
So obviously it’s a complete bummer that Summer riding plans are out. But silver linings and all: he should come 100% right eventually, there’s hopefully no long term damage and it’s an injury that’s not likely to recur. Plus they said he was an absolute saint and made their lives very easy, which is always nice to hear! He’s got a nice big stable to box rest in, plenty of hay, and we’re going to try and make sure there’s another horse next to him for most of the day that he can interact with over the wall.
I just keep reminding myself that it could have been a lot worse, and he will be ok. Now to put all my energy into making sure he has everything he needs to make his recovery as quick and uneventful as possibly
