L&M
Well-Known Member
For anyone that hasn't read my previous posts, my beloved sec d had a nasty tendon injury from cutting himself out hunting back at the beginning of this year. His prognosis was guarded with only a 40% chance of recovering full soundness. We were advised 6 mnths box rest, controlled excercise and I had to inject with Adequan. The tendon was severley bowed, coupled with a nasty wound.
Well, the vet came out on Monday to re-assess, and his first comment was ''Which leg was it because I can't tell'', followed by ''blxxxdy hxll, this can't be the same horse''!
We then trotted him up to find him totally sound, (although I suspecetd he had already been sound for at least a month prior to this final assessment). The vet said there was no point in another ultrasound as it was obvious how well the leg was healed.
Althought it will probably be at least another 6-9 mnths of light work/turnout before we can put him back into 'normal' work the vet thinks we should be able to bring him back to competing next spring and have him hunting for 2009 season!
Anyhow, the point of all this is to give anyone else hope who is a similiar situation. 6 mnths ago we were considering pts but now we have our pony back. It has been a long hard 6 mnths, filled with many doubts and tears, but is now all worth it - to see the pony happily out grazing with his companions, and hopefully a positive future has been the greatest of all rewards.
Well, the vet came out on Monday to re-assess, and his first comment was ''Which leg was it because I can't tell'', followed by ''blxxxdy hxll, this can't be the same horse''!
We then trotted him up to find him totally sound, (although I suspecetd he had already been sound for at least a month prior to this final assessment). The vet said there was no point in another ultrasound as it was obvious how well the leg was healed.
Althought it will probably be at least another 6-9 mnths of light work/turnout before we can put him back into 'normal' work the vet thinks we should be able to bring him back to competing next spring and have him hunting for 2009 season!
Anyhow, the point of all this is to give anyone else hope who is a similiar situation. 6 mnths ago we were considering pts but now we have our pony back. It has been a long hard 6 mnths, filled with many doubts and tears, but is now all worth it - to see the pony happily out grazing with his companions, and hopefully a positive future has been the greatest of all rewards.
