Update On Foal Leg Injury

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Some of you may remember one of our foals injuring himself back in November last year. Well he has made a remarkable recovery and the scarring is minimal.

Here is a reminder of what it looked like on the day of his injury (he rolled and caught his leg in a bale feeder).

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The following morning after being cleaned up and having been on bute for the swelling overnight and Furicin and antibiotics to help stave off infection.

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And this is his leg today.

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Remarkable recovery and a real credit to you. Has he been sound on it all the way through?

Bet your daughters relieved as he's her foal isn't he?
 
Yes Cruise is the Appy colt that my little daughter bought with the money she made by backing one of my boarders horses. Surprisingly, Cruise remained completely sound the whole way through this ordeal.

I am so pleased with his recovery - he's a pretty special little guy. You do become awfully attached to the ones who seriously injure themselves at such a tender age.

Thank you for your kind comments, I did my best without the aid of my vet who was a thousands of miles away at the time of injury. I'm just glad that it turned out the way it did.
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Thank you everyone for your comments and yes I was most pleased with the progress.

Becki; well my vet was in Europe at the time of the injury so I couldn't call him, not that he would have been able to do much anyway. Initially, I cleaned the wound twice a day with a solution we have over here (like navel spray), then I smothered it in Furicin (you have this in England but it has a different but similar name - Vicijp knows the name of it) and then gauzed and vetwrapped it. I put him on a 7 day course of antibiotics, just a broad spectrum one and he was on a small amount of bute for about 3 or 4 days.

After about 7 days, I kept the bandages off and left the leg open to the fresh air. My vet returned to Canada about 2 or 3 weeks after the injury and was very happy with the progress (I had previously emailed him photos of the injury just to make sure I was doing all the right things). When he came to see Cruise, he said to stop using the Furicin and use Hydrocortisone cream instead on the actual wound but not the surrounding skin. This worked a treat and shrunk the wound so much that you can see the end result.

My biggest worry throughout the whole thing with Cruise was that the tendon (which is the big white thing running down the middle of the wound) would become further injured and this would be the end of him, but thankfully fresh skin covered it up very quickly.

Hope the little one at your yard recovers as well as our little lad has.
 
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