Off to horsepital we go...

Bagged packed, bikini line waxed, legs shaved, beard shaved, ears trimmed. New summer sheet and head collar ! We leave at 7 in the morning.

I am just doing a sign to hang around her neck - RUDE, TALKS TOO MUCH AND ALWAYS HUNGRY.

I will report back as soon as I know anything.
 
AdorableAlice said:
Bagged packed, bikini line waxed, legs shaved, beard shaved, ears trimmed. New summer sheet and head collar ! We leave at 7 in the morning.

I am just doing a sign to hang around her neck - RUDE, TALKS TOO MUCH AND ALWAYS HUNGRY.

I will report back as soon as I know anything.
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Ooh, I think I could do with a sign like that ;)

Hope all goes well tomorrow.
 
My biggest worry is the lovely lawns around the hospital. I can just see a petite groom doing a spot of skiing when Martha decides to go for a snack.
 
Adorable Alice, it made me laugh when I took my boy to the horspital, he is a git to trot up, the vet nurse snatched the lead rope of me and trotted him up - well tried - she ended up doing some impromptu sking!! inspite of the controller headcollar. Hope the visit is going ok.
 
We have all been there, a trip to a medical establishment and met with the words 'pop up onto the scales'

Well Martha being Martha, she launched onto the scales, much to the amusement of the lovely lady vet that had greeted us. Apparently most horses are not keen. With the digital display having a dizzy fit and a rather shocked look on the vets face, Martha weighed in at a rather impressive 740kg. It just shows how inaccurate a weigh tape is, I wormed her recently at 670kg on a tape. She is reasonably fit at the moment so it must be all muscle, or maybe heavy bones............, no it's her coat, she is chaser clipped, heavy coat !

She was put in a comfy box away from the poorly horses, which was a relief given the shouting she did at me as I walked away.

I await news and hopefully not an asbo !
 
AdorableAlice said:
We have all been there, a trip to a medical establishment and met with the words 'pop up onto the scales'

Well Martha being Martha, she launched onto the scales, much to the amusement of the lovely lady vet that had greeted us. Apparently most horses are not keen. With the digital display having a dizzy fit and a rather shocked look on the vets face, Martha weighed in at a rather impressive 740kg. It just shows how inaccurate a weigh tape is, I wormed her recently at 670kg on a tape. She is reasonably fit at the moment so it must be all muscle, or maybe heavy bones............, no it's her coat, she is chaser clipped, heavy coat !

She was put in a comfy box away from the poorly horses, which was a relief given the shouting she did at me as I walked away.

I await news and hopefully not an asbo !
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Oh bless her - do let us know how she gets on/what vets say . . . she is just Kali's type too - he likes 'em hairy and bossy ;).

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Firstly, I am a little bit in love with her. Secondly, I really hope you get some positive news and WOW on her weight, but she looks fab on it :)
 
_GG_ said:
Firstly, I am a little bit in love with her. Secondly, I really hope you get some positive news and WOW on her weight, but she looks fab on it :)
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This, hope the news is good. Also our elephant is 760 kgs....the weight tape puts him at 650 :/ we have spillers with the weigh bridge come out every six months.
 
Phew, she has not broken anything or been rude - yet !

She is lame, which is a relief in some ways because apart from my own vet, no one else agreed the horse was lame and questioned my decision to send her in. So putting aside the day I found her with a locked hind the only hints to lameness was her habit of flicking me off a trot diagonal and canter left having no distinct leading hind at times. Plus if I closed my eyes whilst she walked up the road I could hear a difference in the sound of her feet hitting the ground - very scientific !!

So far nothing horrific is feared and more work is being done on Monday. In the meantime my yard is very quiet without her and I bet the nurses know they have her in their yard.
 
AdorableAlice said:
Phew, she has not broken anything or been rude - yet !

She is lame, which is a relief in some ways because apart from my own vet, no one else agreed the horse was lame and questioned my decision to send her in. So putting aside the day I found her with a locked hind the only hints to lameness was her habit of flicking me off a trot diagonal and canter left having no distinct leading hind at times. Plus if I closed my eyes whilst she walked up the road I could hear a difference in the sound of her feet hitting the ground - very scientific !!

So far nothing horrific is feared and more work is being done on Monday. In the meantime my yard is very quiet without her and I bet the nurses know they have her in their yard.
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I'm glad that nothing too serious seems to be wrong - and that she is behaving herself so far.

I do the listening thing too! Even listen to my own footfall, it levelled up after I broke a bone in my foot! :confused:
 
HeresHoping said:
Hopefully I haven't missed an update... have had a trawl. Any news, AA? Thinking of you lots.
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Not yet, she was bone and soft tissue scanned yesterday. She behaved and was comfortable back in her box by the evening. Vets are reading scans today and will be in touch. I am missing her nuisance now and want her home. All fingers remain crossed in the hope nothing awful is going on.
 
Good news and she is tucked up at home now.

The scans, which were fascinating to look at, show a strain to one of the ligaments on the patella and a tiny bone chip. I am so pleased I sent her in. Kept in work the injury would have got a lot worse and possibly long term.

A month taking it easy in a small paddock and she can start hacking out before any schooling starts. The veterinary nurses loved her, she was perfect in the stables and when being treated. The very best bit for me happened when I walked into the hospital stables, she was over the door but looked very switched off. I spoke to the staff before approaching Martha, suddenly there was a huge neigh. Martha had recognised my voice and was shouting at me. I nearly cried !

We got her out pronto, she was making a right din which was rather embarrassing in such a busy place. She galloped up the ramp leaving me in her wake. It is lovely to have her home.
 
Pleased to read that the problem has been diagnosed. Fingers crossed that all goes well with rehab.

Lovely that she'd obviously missed her mum!
 
AA I missed your post about Martha the first time round, I'm so pleased you've got a diagnosis and it's easily fixable :) my heart always sinks when I read about horses with stifle problems. Just goes to show we should always go with our gut instinct with horses; when my late palomino tore his meniscus, the vet said at first it was hocks but I knew from the outset it was stifle - I don't think getting the earlier diagnosis would have made much difference to the eventual outcome, but we'll never know now.
 
Excellent news! She is obviously as fond of you as you are of her! You will just be ready for pootling off down the lanes when the best weather comes........ Happy Days :)
 
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