jen1
Well-Known Member
Hi to everyone who read my post about 2 weeks ago about my lovely horse being kicked in the field and having a broken leg, and for all the very kind wishes and advice I have received, it's most appreciated!
As I finally have a little time to spare I thought I would do a quick update on his condition.
We boxed him to Newmarket last Thursday to Rossdales to be re-xrayed they said that they couldn't detect a fracture of the main Tibia but confirmed that a chunk of bone has broken off of the top of the Tibia. As well as the broken bone being painful there are a lot of ligaments that attach to this part of the bone and they have been stretched and pulled although they could not detect any that had been completely ripped off.
They said that the piece of bone is really too small to pin or screw but too big to warrant an operation (which was my worry) to remove it, so they are hoping with 6 weeks box rest that the bone will knit back together, so more x rays in 6 weeks to assess the situation. Thankfully he doesn't need to be cross tied.
I am so proud of him though he travelled both ways like a dream! Decided not to use travel boots as he always walks like a demented duck in them! Went in a trailer on the way, my friend backed it right up to his stable and after a week being cross tied, he just stomped out up the ramp and stood there ready to be tied up!
When we got to Rossdales he grew to about 17.2 and although he had about 5 people around him and all the parifinalia of the examination room the most scary bit was the tiny drain that ran along the door of the exam room which he had to hop and jump over!! Then he was like a kid in a sweet shop just looking up at the ceiling at all the winches and pipes and wires while a vet nurse put a tag on his tail another was asking me questions with a clip board and a vet was examining his leg!
I actually felt OK when they led him away, as people said on the forum it's a very nice place and they were all so professional and I suppose I was just relieved to not have the worry of him being cross tied and me waiting for a call in the middle of the night to say he had gone down, at least there is 24hour care at the hospital.
He came home on a lorry the next day and again loaded like a dream. In fact we thought he had fallen asleep on the way home as there wasn't a peep from him the whole way!
So he is now back home and fingers crossed he will mend in time. He is not too happy being in and managed to break his stable light on Monday so i had to get all the bedding and hay out that I had just put in that morning!! arrrrggghhhh! He has Sedalin and I used it for the first time Monday, vet said he can have some each day if necessary. Think he will prob need it most when the other horses are being turned out.
Have put a post on Stable yard re BoxRest supplement, Global Herbs, if anyone has used it or is of any use?? will let you know how we get on , but good news is it isn't as bad as originally thought, not good but not drastic! and thanks once again for everyone's kind words and thoughts!! If all goes well he will 'get out' at Easter!!
As I finally have a little time to spare I thought I would do a quick update on his condition.
We boxed him to Newmarket last Thursday to Rossdales to be re-xrayed they said that they couldn't detect a fracture of the main Tibia but confirmed that a chunk of bone has broken off of the top of the Tibia. As well as the broken bone being painful there are a lot of ligaments that attach to this part of the bone and they have been stretched and pulled although they could not detect any that had been completely ripped off.
They said that the piece of bone is really too small to pin or screw but too big to warrant an operation (which was my worry) to remove it, so they are hoping with 6 weeks box rest that the bone will knit back together, so more x rays in 6 weeks to assess the situation. Thankfully he doesn't need to be cross tied.
I am so proud of him though he travelled both ways like a dream! Decided not to use travel boots as he always walks like a demented duck in them! Went in a trailer on the way, my friend backed it right up to his stable and after a week being cross tied, he just stomped out up the ramp and stood there ready to be tied up!
When we got to Rossdales he grew to about 17.2 and although he had about 5 people around him and all the parifinalia of the examination room the most scary bit was the tiny drain that ran along the door of the exam room which he had to hop and jump over!! Then he was like a kid in a sweet shop just looking up at the ceiling at all the winches and pipes and wires while a vet nurse put a tag on his tail another was asking me questions with a clip board and a vet was examining his leg!
I actually felt OK when they led him away, as people said on the forum it's a very nice place and they were all so professional and I suppose I was just relieved to not have the worry of him being cross tied and me waiting for a call in the middle of the night to say he had gone down, at least there is 24hour care at the hospital.
He came home on a lorry the next day and again loaded like a dream. In fact we thought he had fallen asleep on the way home as there wasn't a peep from him the whole way!
So he is now back home and fingers crossed he will mend in time. He is not too happy being in and managed to break his stable light on Monday so i had to get all the bedding and hay out that I had just put in that morning!! arrrrggghhhh! He has Sedalin and I used it for the first time Monday, vet said he can have some each day if necessary. Think he will prob need it most when the other horses are being turned out.
Have put a post on Stable yard re BoxRest supplement, Global Herbs, if anyone has used it or is of any use?? will let you know how we get on , but good news is it isn't as bad as originally thought, not good but not drastic! and thanks once again for everyone's kind words and thoughts!! If all goes well he will 'get out' at Easter!!
