Please pray for her

I'm trying to stay positive, I was all ready for the vet to advise immediate pts but he seems hopeful that we will see some improvement by his next visit. He seemed reluctant to pts until he could better determin the extent of damage to her brain which I can only guess has got to be a positive. She is standing but swaying, and looks very sleepy. I guess it's just a waiting game for my beautiful girl now

Our old boy got kicked in the head and lost a lump of bone the size of my little finger from around his eye socket. The attending vet took it out through the hole above his eye socket. He was concussed and couldnt coordinate at all. He was moved the next day to Newmarket who kept him in isolation under heat lamps as he couldnt control his body temperature. He was kept on obs for a week and then sent home.

Hes fine now !! So hopefully your girl will be too...
 
omg .poor starla .i will be thinking of you both and praying she is ok. do you know what happened as i know she has been on restricted turnout. hoping to hear better news later
 
My thoughts and prayers are with you.

When my old boy had a head injury he also went temporarily blind, the vet explained that a horses optic nerve is fixed unlike ours which can cope with our brains rattling in our heads and streching the optic nerve. Therefore if it is strectched in a horse it can cause blindness. My boy spent a week at the RVC and eventually recovered his sight but was photophobic for a number of weeks after that. My own vet contacted a vet in Glasgow vet school, sorry can't remember his name, and he gave lots of advise about care and rehabilitation.
 
My thoughts are with you both xx

Having now read the rest of the replies you have on here it looks like she has a fighting chance, if your vet doesn't agree when he comes back then please don't make any decisions without a second opinion. I really hope this can all turn out ok for you. xx
 
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Oh I am so sorry to read this. Every good wish for her recovery and a ((hug)) for you x Please keep us updated when you have time.
 
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