Leg injury (graphic pictures)

[justmemydear]

Yes i've been very lucky his injury could of been far worse, and yes i'm showing these pictures so people know horses can recover and don't always need to be pts x

 

[justmemydear]

Another very good bandage change looking very clean this was taken today x

here you can see the tissue that now covers his cannon bone is sticking out so will need to be shaved back a bit but new skin is growing from the sides

 

[angelish]

wow unbelievable the way thats healing , massive well done on managing it

 

[Tiffany]

Original photos looked horrendous although I'm very impressed how it's healing - you must be so pleased

 

[applecart14]

Thank you when put in this situation you just do it or lose them and we wanted to give him a chance. I couldn't do it without my sisters help but we always do our horses together she's been a star. The liquid antibioctics is karidox you get it in one litre bottles. We were lucky with no infection and finding the injury very quickly and very good at keeping the injury site clean he is in his stable with a full leg bandage but I won't lie the smell is stomach churning when you first take the bandage off to start with, we have had dead tissue to contend with I will post photo's in a bit when I'm home x

I remember a friends horse being tied up to rope by its lead rope. The rope stretched across two wooden posts sunk in concrete. The mare put her head down and then up and found the rope over her head, panicked and pulled a wooden post out of the concrete then ran around through a menage fence, a post and rail fence and straight through a wooden five bar gate, snapping it in half. They found her trembling with her chest completely open, the skin hanging by her knees. Thorough cleaning out, debriding and stapling and a week later she was told to ride her! Three months on the scar was barely visible. We all thought PTS job at the time!

Amazing. I'd always take vets advice. If the vet says time to call it a day I'd go by what they said.

Well done for all your hard work OP. x

 

[PolarSkye]

Very, very well done for your hard work, perseverence and optimism . . . you must feel so good looking at the progress your lovely horse has made . . . that's largely down to your dedication.

He is lucky to have you.

P

 

[justmemydear]

Thank you everyone Yes i'm very happy he's not lame will happily mooch about on the lead rein outside his stable, only thing is he's dropped muscle and top line being a TB any suggestions?, i've tried build and glow, build up, top spec but nothing is working i knows its due to his box rest and will probably have to wait till he can start work x

 

[Chestnuttymare]

That is looking brilliant now, you must be so pleased. All the graphic pics on this thread and the thing that turned my stomach is the chooks coming running for dinner. yuk lol.
i doubt there is anything you can do about the muscle or topline until he is back in work, or what about strapping? that would stop the loss of tone a bit perhaps. Or, do you know anyone with an equissage machine?

 

[justmemydear]

I have a massage booked for him saturday if he likes it i'll book more. This is todays bandage change, vet is very happly said it looks brilliant, he happily walked out the front of his stable and pulled my sister to feed shed when i was preparing his breakfast, then he stood eating not being held, he's so good as he's been stood in nine weeks tomorrow you would expect him to be a nutter lol x

here you can see its darker at the bottom and right hand sides its skin starting to form

skin is drawing in at the bottom again vet very happy with this

 

[flitz02]

Jesus christ!!!...cannot imagine what you went through whilst waiting for the vet to arrive!! Well done to all involved & it's amazing how the body can heal with a bit of help.xx

 

[_GG_]

This is just amazing

 

[justmemydear]

Vet was less than a mile away when she got the call about him so the wait wasn't long luckily, she did say tho that owners tend to worry and say cuts are bigger than they are but she said 'Oh you weren't lying when you said your horse has ripped his leg open'. I'm very happy with him he's a fighter for sure x

 

[smellsofhorse]

wow horrible injury.

Its amazing what the body can do.
with help from the vet and owner or course!

I wish him a continued speedy recovery.

 

[justmemydear]

Hi everyone just wanted to show you my chilled out lad, bandage change today its day 65 and we needed no sedation and you would think over nine weeks in his stable he would want out but nope very happy as long as he has food. Very pleased with todays change even more skin grown and when we took bandage off i was shocked how much smaller it was x

 

[nic85]

Wow! What a wound ( Ouch!) Heres hoping it carries on healing so well

 

[justmemydear]

Thank you I'm very very happy with how far he's come x

 

[irish_only]

just wanted to say very well done in standing by your horse and persevering. absolutely fantastic job.

 

[alfiesmum]

completely amazing and a credit to you and your vet also gives hope to any of us who face a similar injury! i think i would just have flipped out completely if it was mine

 

[justmemydear]

Massage was cancelled last week due to snow but got it at 2pm today but here's a time line of his injury x

 

[justmemydear]

Here you can see on thursdays change a shave will be needed so booked for next week but gone a month without needing one, looks alot smaller but the shave will help the skin continue to grow x

 

[JackAT]

Fantastic progress! Well done for persevering! Never ceases to amaze me how tough and hardy horses can be. Fascinating to watch it heal and to see the progress. Is he still on antibiotics?

 

[bouncingbean]

Jeepers that is some wound!
To see the progression of it healing though is very fascinating and quite staggering.
Wishing him a speedy recovery, and well done to you and your vet for looking after him so well.

 

[justmemydear]

No he had antibiotic's for just over a month now has nothing, he's just had a massage he was sore on his back where he's compensated for his leg now so chilled he's trumping like a good un he loved it so will let him have lots more. Funny he came over all lovely and warm then drank as she said he would but he was rather enjoying being massaged lol x

 

[justmemydear]

very relaxed having his massage today x

 

[Gingerwitch]

I really take my hat off to owners like yourself - nothing is too much trouble for there horses.

And I love the fact that you are considerate enough to get him massages, as this really does make a differance to them - I spent a fortune on big lad getting massages etc when he was on box rest - and it was a great bordom breaker for him too.

Keep up with the photos it really is so encouraging when you have a accident prone tb !

 

[Keen]

Wow. Well done you! Ever thought of a career change? You should be in veterinary nursing!

 

[justmemydear]

Thank you Gingerwitch x lol Keen i think my sister and i will be ok with cuts from now on as we just take this in our stride now, this is todays bandage change lots of skin growning at the sides x

 

[Tnavas]

Amazing healing - makes my boys wound look like a scratch despite the fact that it was a big mess.

I would now be using copper sulphate to steadily reduce the proud flesh. It also allows the skin edges to start moving inwards to close up the wound.

I actually found that the Manuka Honey though keeping the wound clean seemed to encourage the growth of the proud flesh. It also seemed to irritate my horse so I stopped using it. He also started to get grumpy about his bandages too.

I smeared vaseline all around the edges and well below before painting on the Copper Sulphate solution. Solution made by dissolving the Copper Sulphate in warm water until it would not dissolve any more. I found that this created a scab over the wound which was easy to remove each day to replace the Copper Sulphate.

Wound was washed daily with saline that was put in a weedkiller spray container - pumped up and sprayed on - this meant that the wound was never touched by me.

Injury was on the front of the hind leg just below the hock. The white on the left is tendon which had some fraying. Wound has now completely closed up leaving just a fine line.

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[justmemydear]

thank you for showing me your photo's i'll google that now if it reduces the proud flesh after his shave thursday it will be worth doing so i don't need another as we have no problem with his bandage change now as long as his honey is warmed up before it goes on his dressing he's fine lol. Did you still bandage and change everyday then? x

 

[Tnavas]

thank you for showing me your photo's I'll Google that now if it reduces the proud flesh after his shave Thursday it will be worth doing so i don't need another as we have no problem with his bandage change now as long as his honey is warmed up before it goes on his dressing he's fine lol. Did you still bandage and change everyday then? x

Once I started the Copper Sulphate I didn't bandage as it can make the action of the Copper Sulphate too aggressive.

It scabs over so fast that it actually protects the wound. Scab is not a genuine one so it is easy to remove - a sterilised piece of gauze - swipe across the wound and the scab is gone. Good thing that proud flesh contains no nerve tissue so is pain free.