Results of Today at the Vets...

[JenHunt]

So we took Tom in today for a lameness work up and scan. By the time he'd done 3 lengths of the yard the poor lady vet (who saw him yesterday) was thoroughly confused. he kept switching which leg he was lame on, and what tiny bit of swelling that had been there yesterday was not gone! She called for her colleague Phil who came and watched (my friend Lynne who rides out for us sometimes works there and was doing the running for Phil). Phil thought it looked like his hocks and so decided we would do nerve blocks on one side to work it out. nerve blocked left hind fetlock, trotted him up, still lame bilaterally. then sedated him, xrayed his hocks and then nerve blocked the hock on the same side. trotted him up and he was only lame on the off side.

phil went to look at the xrays while Tom came round, poor lynne was going dizzy from walking circles with him! When he came back Phil said that it looks like Tom has been larking about in the field or been in some deep going somewhere and put more strain on the spavins that we already knew were in there. He's got a few days on bute, a bit of box rest and then bring him back into work.

so not nearly the bad news we thought it was going to be, but the vets bill will make up for it i'm sure!

 

[JenJ]

Sounds like a good result. Ouch to the bill!

 

[JenHunt]

thanks Jen, was much better news than my sister was expecting. She was so busy kicking herself yesterday about it that it hadn't occured to her that it could be something he's had before.

 

[wellsat]

Thats good then. Fingers crossed he's feeling much better soon.

 

[LauraWheeler]

Poor Tom. Atleast you know what it is now and can treat it. I'm glad it wasn't anything to serious. You have my sympathies with the bill mines still huge.

 

[JenHunt]

thanks guys! I'm off to buy a waterproof radio if such a thing exists so the little monkey can have a few more days box rest (to allow things to settle down!) without going out of his tiny little mind.

 

[MrsMozart]

Blah re. the bill, but Yay! re. the diagnosis and prognosis

Horses huh....!

 

[JenHunt]

i know! who'd have 'em?

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Thank goodness! It's a shame about the bill though!

 

[Kokopelli]

Thats good news then My old pony had the same thing the vet was really struggling to work out which leg he was actually lame on and everything, he was absolutly fine once he recovered