Sirrius update

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Spoke to the vet this morning and she said that he is walking quite well on his leg and has had a bandage change today. His hock looks like it is doing ok.

I think it will take a little while to see if it will fully heal or not though. It may sound silly but I dont want to think too positive just yet.

I can go and see him tomorrow and hopefully he'll be coming home on Monday
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So pleased to hear he is going on ok.I know how you feel,someone up there hates horsey people and as soon as you start to relax something else happens,but it does look good .
Keep us all informed
 
That is good - it sounds positive and I wish you and your horse well.

I think you are right not to let your guard down though as this condition very often comes back to bite us and generally takes quite some time to come good. I am sure it will be a bit of a roller coaster ride for you over the next few months/year and I can only offer my very best wishes that it all comes good in the end. Fingers tightly crossed over here.
 
Does it affect their joint movement Tia? I have never really come across this, so don't know much about it other than what I have read already on here.
 
The horse I had who had this was not affected on the joint - his was on his cannon bone and he was intermittently lame over the year after surgery. The infection seemed to keep coming back and just when it seemed it had settled.....there it popped back up again! Quite depressing really.

I would make an educated guess that certainly in the short term, if this infection is on or close to a joint, that yes it may affect joint movement. I honestly don't know whether it would be affected long term though. I don't really know enough about it to be honest. JAGS vet is the best person to advise on this.
 
Thanks Tia... I was just wondering whether it affected the joint long term for my own knowledge bank, that's all. Humans can have infections in the joints and then it not affect them long term, but I have only had experience with this on joints that can be completely rested, for example a finger joint.
 
That would also be my understanding (and expectations) of it too, but as I say I don't know enough to say yay or nay. I hope that the light at the end of the tunnel will be bright for JAGS though. I always prefer happy endings.
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Thank you for all of the information Tia. I know that it may be a long road ahead, but now I at least understand what could happen a bit more.

It also means I can have a list of questions to ask the vet tomorrow. I couldnt quite take it all in on Thursday.
 
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