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Sorry - events have taken dramatic twists and turns for the last 48 hours.

As soon as I can hold myself together enough to type I will let you know what is happening.

Big lad still alive - next 48 hours will decided his fate

GW
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Spoke to vet Monday am - now wants shoe on horse - egg bar
Speaks to farrier - immedialty orders shoe and says will be with you when it arrives tomorrow BUT i want horse off all pain relief as I want to know what I am dealing with.

Feeling uneasy ALL morning, arrange for 2nd vet opinion to be at yard at 5pm on Tue to meet farrier, along with back lady no 2.

Farrier - says look leave it with me, if it is a bruised foot your or a fracture then a vet will just be in the way and if I am worried then we will get a vet out.

Cancel 2nd vet.

Find out my stable mate has back lady no 2 on site at 7-pm - text her to take a look at the big lad at 12 - as my mate said she would hold horse for me and report back.

Lady immediatly said yes when she knew who i was and what the issue was.

Big lad now on no pain relief... kept eyes shut on Tue morn, left yard manager message horse not to be moved out of box and waited for phone call.

Phone call came at 1.35 - nothing with shoulder, knee, back, neck, poll - any other leg bare the front poorly one. I get an "off the record" get a vet !

Phone a practice I am reg with and cried myself raw with them - they could get me a partner wed pm - said no good need a vet NOW - only partners could come out for a 2nd opinion. Pleaded again.... vet called me and said Look I trust the farrier implicitly - if he decides he needs a vet I will come - tell him to phone me when he gets to you

Farrier looks at horse... thumb nail pressure made horse wince, pares back sole - huge bruise - frantic phone calls - is it infection... is it a bruise....

Vet tells farrier "get a shoe on" - first nail goes in - horse collapses - I have never ever seen a farrier shoe a horse so bloody quick - me and my mate were tyring to hold horse up -

We all sigh with relif vet no 2 says give him 3 bute and 2 in the morn - farrier says call him too.....

Wed am - 5.30 am - horse still standing - but cannot move

Sorry need to leave this for a bit

Horse not as good as I hoped - he had
 
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Oh Lord, GW, I am so sorry to read this, you must be in bits :(.

Please tell us he's turned a corner since yesterday morning.
 
Thanks Q - you have been a great support

Give horse 2 bute.... text my farrier - text vet no.2 and text vet no.1 to advise that becasue vet no. 1 was not available yesterday that I had to involve another practice.

Vet no 1 -not happy bunny - but agrees to 2pm visit
Vet no 2 - happy that vet no. 1 coming out and happy to have given his opinon
Farrier happy - as wants an opinon on horse as he should have been much better...
Yard owner calls me... 10.30.... horse not moving, head down between legs, sweating, grunting and groaning.
Immedialty contact vet no 2 and ask him to visit

leave work (dont know if I still have a job at this stage -but my bosses were fab and have been today too)

Vet no 1 - want to get horse comfortable and then get him for an MRI scan - i advise that I am having a 2nd opinon later in the day
I call vet no 2 and ask if they can x ray horse today - clinic jump through hoops and call me back at 5 to 5 to say - yes we will x ray when vet arrives.

Vets x ray - very slight rotation in pedal bone - no sinking other front leg clear.

Well I break down as beating myself up that horse has been shoeless and politiced for over 7 days... that I have been making him walk.... that I have not been dieting him because I did not want him both in pain from the fracture/bruise and being on a diet.

Phone husband and he goes into overdrive - within 15 mins - 20 bales of shavings arrive, stable bandages and support for them, hi fi lite - rubber matting..
an army of folk clear out my very deep straw bed and fit full rubber matting, 15 bales of shavings later and big lad up to his knees - stable bandages and supports on.

Farrier has been called to arrange heart bar shoes - just missed delivery for today by 5 mins - so being done tomorrow.

Horse now on a dramatic weight reduction - please dont do this unless your vet tells you too.

Pain relif seorted enough to keep him happy but enough for him to not feel on top of the world.

so we are now waiting - hoof could carry on rotating and start to sink - horse may collapes with pain when we try and shoe tomorrow or everything may be fine until we re-x ray next week and horse may still be lost.

If only... if only.... if only is all my poor hubby has heard.

Big lad - not happy with his new diet... but being really naughty and calling and wants grooming all time.... so trying to be up beat but its hard !

So the moral of the story is..... TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS ! I will never ever ever fail to seek a 2nd opinion or a 3rd or a 4th and if I had not kept on and on and on the big lad would be dead by now - he still may - but at least I know I was his voice although I wish I had had more courage of my convictions.

And back to the original thread - how bloody dare they (the vets that is want to give out THERE PERMISSIONS) - if I had been seen all those days ago, by the backlady- I am convinced my big lad would not have a roating pedal bone !
I am so bloody bloody anoyed with myself ! and the law is well and truley a sodding arse !
 
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