UPDATE on Alee

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I have just returned from a very soggy morning at the vets, after the saga of many emergencies and Alee not being seen Monday or yesterday the vets eventually get round to seeing her this morning. I called at about 10 to check this was still going ahead and to make sure she would be coming home. So off I go to the vets in the lorry (very kindly borrowed from a friend the lorry is old and reliable but with no PAS makes it a very challenging drive!!) I got there and they had just finished the lameness work up. The vet diagnosed bilateral lameness but worse on her right hind. This follows as initially i thought she was lame on her left then lame on her right. So they are thinking OCD so decide to nerve block the hock on the right side. No difference still lame. They then nerve block the stifle on the same side. No difference still lame. So after discussion with the vets we have decided to get her back end fully investigated, they are going to start from the feet and work up.
I am so worried. They now don't think it is OCD as they feel that it would have been in either the hock or the stifle.
I just feel so lost and usless I just want to know what is wrong and start getting her better. She has been there since Monday and we are no further on. My poor poor baby horse she is being so good for them and being very patient considering.
Please please keep sending your good luck vibes. I just hope they work......
 
But at least she's in the right place and they can start ruling things out if not get to the diagnosis first off.

Bloody frustrating and worrying time though I imagine.
 
Thanks guys. Yes you are right it is worrying. I just can't concentrate on anything right now. I trust my vets 100% so am sure they will get a diagnosis one way or the other.
Its so frustrating I have waited 2 years for this summer so that I can start doing more stuff with her, now this. I am supposed to be going away this weekend for my OH birthday (camping of all things!!!) not sure if I should go or not now.....
 
You are not having much luck at the moment are you?
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Don't blame you for feeling fed up.
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Hope the vets can find out what the problem is for you.
 
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You are not having much luck at the moment are you?
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Don't blame you for feeling fed up.
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Hope the vets can find out what the problem is for you.

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Nope not really
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We have 3 horses one is perminantly fu**ed and can only be lightly hacked - we have a sharer that plods him out once or twice per week, one has just had kissing spine surgery and looks as though he is on the mend but who can tell and after seing what he can do i'm too scared to ride him at the moment then there is Alee who had it all going for her .....oh dear i'm crying my eyes out now. Life is fu**ing sh*t!!!
 
As someone else said, at least you will get to the bottom of the problem and can face it head on with whatever treatment and rehab is recommended.

Sending positive vibes so that you can be strong for Alee and sending extra special full strength healing vibes to Alee. x
 
vibes for Alee and hugs for you (((())))
had similar with A 3.5yr ago, vet thought it was sacroilliac, then stifles, then hocks - had his whole back end x-rayed and bone scanned.. turned out he had reverse rotated pedal bones in his hind feet, slightly worse in his right hind. once he had some deep physio and corrective shoeing he was better than ever.

fingers crossed your vet gets to the bottom of it, keep us posted.
 
*Big hugs to you and lots of vibes all round* I hope the vets find out what it is soon so you can feel more positive, didn't realise about your others too
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Vet has just called to say that they have nerve blocked the right hind to just above the fetlock. She is now sound on that leg but the lameness in the left hind is much worse than they imagined which inturn means that the lameness in the right hind is worse than that (hope that makes sense!!). She is still now considering OCD in the fetlocks and says that although rare this is a possibility and with surgery she has a good chance of making a good recovery. However she did also say if its not this then she is worried that it maybe something much worse but wasn't prepared to discuss it until she knew for sure. So in all its good news that we now know where the lameness is coming from, bad news thats its much worse than they thought and bad news that they still don't know what it is. Hopefully will know more tomorrow when I hopefully pick her up later in the afternoon.
 
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vibes for Alee and hugs for you (((())))
had similar with A 3.5yr ago, vet thought it was sacroilliac, then stifles, then hocks - had his whole back end x-rayed and bone scanned.. turned out he had reverse rotated pedal bones in his hind feet, slightly worse in his right hind. once he had some deep physio and corrective shoeing he was better than ever.

fingers crossed your vet gets to the bottom of it, keep us posted.

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Can you tell me more about this?
 
Vibes to you. I was wondering what the outcome would be.

Well, I'm glad it isn't OCD, and hopefully it will be something easily solved once they find it.

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vibes for Alee and hugs for you (((())))
had similar with A 3.5yr ago, vet thought it was sacroilliac, then stifles, then hocks - had his whole back end x-rayed and bone scanned.. turned out he had reverse rotated pedal bones in his hind feet, slightly worse in his right hind. once he had some deep physio and corrective shoeing he was better than ever.

fingers crossed your vet gets to the bottom of it, keep us posted.

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Can you tell me more about this?

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what do you want to know.? you can PM me if you like..
Andy had x-rays of every joint in the hind leg, hock/stifle etc and they couldn't find anything that would be causing his lameness. bonescan to check his sacroilliac was also negative. they blocked out his right foot and hey presto, he was sound as a pound and looked like a different horse movement wise. x-rayed his foot and found his pedal bones (in both feet but worse in the right foot) were reverse rotated i.e the pointy end of the bone was pointing up too much, not lying level with the sole of his feet. this gave him low grade foot pain and also put a lot of strain on his hamstrings and the lumbar/pelvic region of his back, hence the original thought of sacroilliac strain. he had wedge pads put on his hind feet to lift his heels so the pedal bones are at the correct angle.. has had these on for 3.5yr now and has been eventing with no probs, just requires a check by physio every 3/6 months to see all is well with his back..
although he is now 3/10 lame in trot - right hind, taking him to vets this avo for investigation. lameness is worse on a left handed circle so vet thinks it is higher up this time..
i hope this helps..
 
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