debradley
Well-Known Member
Hi all.
Well just thought I'd let you all know how she's getting on. To say the least because she can only roam around the yard she is now very stroppy, especially as the other gets to go out on the grass - evenings are usually quieter once the sedative gets into action.
Vets came back out today and decided not to do anymore today. They are back out again early next week. The back leg still has more proud flesh on than they would like , but she is still a bit too raw from the last debridement for them to do more today, but generally happy that it has remained clean with no further loss of tissue. The front leg although clean and showing a good degree of granulation is not producing any new skin and they feel that skin grafts may be necessary; they also want to do some debridement on that, but are concentrating on one thing at a time. They are also concerned that because the main injury to the front leg is between the fetlock and coronet band that it will be very hard to get skin grafts to take, so I think they will use that as a last resort.
All in all Honey is coping very well with her injuries and considering what I have to do to her twice a day - I'm not surprised her patience is a bit low, but she has never once tried to be nasty, she just tries to get away (can't say I blame her) although it ends with me feeling like I've run 100m's in a very fast time.
I'm really hoping that even if we stay on an even keel at the moment and then slowly climb out - that'll do both of us. Just don't want another dip had enough of those, but generally doing not too bad at the moment, even if we're a bit stationary!! (anythings better than down).
Well just thought I'd let you all know how she's getting on. To say the least because she can only roam around the yard she is now very stroppy, especially as the other gets to go out on the grass - evenings are usually quieter once the sedative gets into action.
Vets came back out today and decided not to do anymore today. They are back out again early next week. The back leg still has more proud flesh on than they would like , but she is still a bit too raw from the last debridement for them to do more today, but generally happy that it has remained clean with no further loss of tissue. The front leg although clean and showing a good degree of granulation is not producing any new skin and they feel that skin grafts may be necessary; they also want to do some debridement on that, but are concentrating on one thing at a time. They are also concerned that because the main injury to the front leg is between the fetlock and coronet band that it will be very hard to get skin grafts to take, so I think they will use that as a last resort.
All in all Honey is coping very well with her injuries and considering what I have to do to her twice a day - I'm not surprised her patience is a bit low, but she has never once tried to be nasty, she just tries to get away (can't say I blame her) although it ends with me feeling like I've run 100m's in a very fast time.
I'm really hoping that even if we stay on an even keel at the moment and then slowly climb out - that'll do both of us. Just don't want another dip had enough of those, but generally doing not too bad at the moment, even if we're a bit stationary!! (anythings better than down).
