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Talked with vet earlier and he says he hopes he will pull through.
The low cell count in his blood test earlier this week may have been the start of it or some residue from his other illness.
It may be an abcess, it may be the reason above, or it may just be bloody bad luck he got joint ill.
The antibiotic is a broad spectrum one which they recommend for infections of the joints (he tapped the fluid which came out as oil) and now all we do is wait.
We have put him back on his Mum who accepted him back without a problem, as the less trauma he has the better (this week he got his jabs and microchipped which was why we took some blood as a precaution)
Thanks guys, it means a lot to know we are all out ther wishing him well..
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ps he now actually belongs to CCJ who was devastated earlier today at that diagnosis, so any pm's to her may cheer her up a bit..
 
Thank goodness for that, the poor little guy. Fingers crossed he keeps going strong...
Has he had some ecchinachea? Owen had the nastiest infection once, and it worked really well.
 
Gosh I held my breath as I opened this. I'm so very glad to hear the little fella is still fighting. ((((((((lots more vibes))))))) on the way. H. xxx
 
So glad to hear he's fighting again.

Years ago, we had a foal, just like him, always something wrong but in between times as healthy and active as anything. This finally manifested into joint ill after lumps would appear on one joint, then the next day it would have moved to another part of him. Like William, when it had 'settled' on his hock, vet drained it off. Where there should have not been more then 10ml, he drained off more than 90 ml of joint fluid; as you say, just like oil. Then, treatment was due to involve twice daily jabs for 6 weeks which I was dreading but luckily, the senior partner had been in touch with Newmarket about him and it was decided to use drenches, again twice daily. At the time, it was a new treatment and they weren't sure it would work on him but they had had good results from studs at Newmarket; if it hadn't, then there seemed to be little we could do for him. There were two drenches, smelt like a raspberry one and a banana one, both variations of Eurythmycin (spl?) At one time we had a lovely pink and yellow arc over one wall where I missed completely!! Luckily, the treatment worked and he never looked back; he's still going strong at 17 doing every RC type thing going and been as sound as a pound ever since but doesn't like syringe wormers!
So I hope this gives you all some hope; I'm sure treatment has advanced for this condition since then and he's such a fighter. We'll all keep everything crossed for him - and you too. Good luck.
 
HH............sorry I missed out on this thread this week, have caught up and am sending vibes from Scotland that he will pull through from this. Very brave lad with the best of people to care for him............keep us posted.........

Take care and also sending best wishes to CCJ............hope she feels a wee bit brighter with your news.

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Thanks Pat, that has made me slightly more hopeful.
The vet has seen him again today, he is actually treating a livery's mare and looking at him as he's here, the swelling hasn't gone down at all but the vet said it's early days and joints are notoriously difficult to treat..
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he is injecting him daily with the best a-b he can think of to treat it, and the blood samples will go to the lab for conformation as soon as possible after the weekend.
he's bright, eating well and looks fine, I think we have caught it very quickly, he was being brought in every day to be checked over and handled so CCJ spotted it right away.
I am going to try and add some enchinaea (think that's how it's spelt) to his feed, and he is back drinking from Mum, that ha to help him I think.
Will post his progress as it happens, the symptoms sound identical to your horse so hopefully he too will make it.. Thank you for your support..
 
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