Mule
Well-Known Member
I'm having a very unfortunate time of it recently. On Monday my car window was smashed and an expendive drill nicked from it. I'm waiting for the insurance company to get back to me but depending on how it effects my no claims bonus it may be more expensive for me to claim.
On Tuesday my laptop screen broke. Shockingly i didn't do anything to it. It was fine then the next minute it cracked. It was one i got from work, its out of warranty and I only started there a month ago, which is a bit embarrassing.
The beast has had one thing after another go wrong with him, to the extent that he has been re-christened ' the walking vet bill'. His latest thing is severe rao or what used to be called copd. He had a corticoseroid injection 12 days ago but it hasn't worked fully yet. He has had one before and it does take time. He started on a high dose of steroid tablets the same day he got the injection. The vet reckons he will have to stay on a lower, maintenance dose of steroids for life which would be shockingly expansive. Even at half his current dose it would cost 3 euro per day ? He isn't insured as I never have insured, partly because insurance in Ireland is prohibitively expensive and it's also more of a thing for race horses than leisure horses.
The vet suggested getting him stabilised and said that we could go with steroid injections every few months instead of tablets as the injection is 40 euro a pop so will be a lot cheaper. Whether it will be as effective, we don't know yet.
I'm dreading what my next bout of bad luck will be. I'm going for a group lesson today at the riding school. It's a nice, sociable way of riding while the beast is unwell. No doubt I'll fall off and come back with a broken leg, knowing my luck ?
On Tuesday my laptop screen broke. Shockingly i didn't do anything to it. It was fine then the next minute it cracked. It was one i got from work, its out of warranty and I only started there a month ago, which is a bit embarrassing.
The beast has had one thing after another go wrong with him, to the extent that he has been re-christened ' the walking vet bill'. His latest thing is severe rao or what used to be called copd. He had a corticoseroid injection 12 days ago but it hasn't worked fully yet. He has had one before and it does take time. He started on a high dose of steroid tablets the same day he got the injection. The vet reckons he will have to stay on a lower, maintenance dose of steroids for life which would be shockingly expansive. Even at half his current dose it would cost 3 euro per day ? He isn't insured as I never have insured, partly because insurance in Ireland is prohibitively expensive and it's also more of a thing for race horses than leisure horses.
The vet suggested getting him stabilised and said that we could go with steroid injections every few months instead of tablets as the injection is 40 euro a pop so will be a lot cheaper. Whether it will be as effective, we don't know yet.
I'm dreading what my next bout of bad luck will be. I'm going for a group lesson today at the riding school. It's a nice, sociable way of riding while the beast is unwell. No doubt I'll fall off and come back with a broken leg, knowing my luck ?
