#148
This blog continues along with our horse struggles instead of venturing into actual racing. I plan to detail this in coming posts. The thing has become personal diary in hopes that we "will" get to the race track soon. The last time I was at a live track was 2007 and the last time of an actual race was 2003. Good grief. This post will detail the problems of #148 and explain once again how dealing with a medically needy horse is the last thing one wants to do if you want to race.
Preface by noting--and I'll have some vid soon when I replace the camcorder stolen out of my truck--#148 has developed into a near16'3" beaut of a high energy perfectly conformed and balanced animal with tremendous presence, which makes his injury even more frustrating. If ever one wanted a legit race horse candidate, this one is it. In terms of visualizing the classic horse I'm unable to see anything about #148 that's improvable.
#148 had a run in with barbed wire on 12/15/12 that lacerated a significant bone fragment off his left hock. The fragment was surgically removed 1/29/13 at U of Missouri Equine Clinic by Dr. Joanne Kramer with 4 months of recovery time and training to recommence June 1.
By 4/15/13 all swelling had receded except a 1.5 by 2.5 inch area on the front inside of the hock. Instead of swollen tissue this is actually fluid under the skin--likely synovial fluid leaking out of the hock joint and until recently was minor in nature.
Two weeks ago I witnessed the horse receiving a hard kick while at the feed tub on that leg just below the injury. The leg buckled on contact and the horse limped a few steps in pain. Unknown if there's a link to this kick, but the amount of fluid under the skin significantly increased thereafter to the level where there's some protrusion and puffiness of the skin whereas before there'd been just a small amount of fluid with the skin laying flat.
Dr. Kramer wants Xrays to identify the problem. We also will try the iodine next week. Believe however I've identified things logically. There likely was weak scar tissue at the surgery site allowing leaking fluid, which over time has broken into a trickle instead of a leak, and this stops when the leaked fluid creates enough pressure.
Healing this is going to be like stopping a small creek or rivulet of water from running into a lake. Constant fluid pressure retards closure of the joint tissues. It will be very difficult- am thinking likely this horse as a race horse is history or we can recommence as a late 3 yr. -- old. Too bad and very frustrating for this talented animal. Will see.
Preface by noting--and I'll have some vid soon when I replace the camcorder stolen out of my truck--#148 has developed into a near16'3" beaut of a high energy perfectly conformed and balanced animal with tremendous presence, which makes his injury even more frustrating. If ever one wanted a legit race horse candidate, this one is it. In terms of visualizing the classic horse I'm unable to see anything about #148 that's improvable.
#148 had a run in with barbed wire on 12/15/12 that lacerated a significant bone fragment off his left hock. The fragment was surgically removed 1/29/13 at U of Missouri Equine Clinic by Dr. Joanne Kramer with 4 months of recovery time and training to recommence June 1.
By 4/15/13 all swelling had receded except a 1.5 by 2.5 inch area on the front inside of the hock. Instead of swollen tissue this is actually fluid under the skin--likely synovial fluid leaking out of the hock joint and until recently was minor in nature.
Two weeks ago I witnessed the horse receiving a hard kick while at the feed tub on that leg just below the injury. The leg buckled on contact and the horse limped a few steps in pain. Unknown if there's a link to this kick, but the amount of fluid under the skin significantly increased thereafter to the level where there's some protrusion and puffiness of the skin whereas before there'd been just a small amount of fluid with the skin laying flat.
Dr. Kramer wants Xrays to identify the problem. We also will try the iodine next week. Believe however I've identified things logically. There likely was weak scar tissue at the surgery site allowing leaking fluid, which over time has broken into a trickle instead of a leak, and this stops when the leaked fluid creates enough pressure.
Healing this is going to be like stopping a small creek or rivulet of water from running into a lake. Constant fluid pressure retards closure of the joint tissues. It will be very difficult- am thinking likely this horse as a race horse is history or we can recommence as a late 3 yr. -- old. Too bad and very frustrating for this talented animal. Will see.
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