Glad to hear the good news!
CSU recheck was yesterday. Looked fine as far as movement. Mild positive to stifle extension on that leg. Full limb flexions also slightly positive but better than they were when we decided to inject the hocks, so they think his hocks must feel better. They did a very thorough ultrasound, weighted and unweighted and with leg flexed. Couldnât find anything. Also thought the fluid around the medial joint looked normal so the IRAP must have helped there.
He is cleared to go back to walk trot work for a week or two with a plan of trying to get him back close to where he was in work after about 6 weeks. He has lost a lot of top line already.
Heâs also decided TC senior wonât kill him, so Iâve started giving that again at his third small meal (still on Complete otherwise). Heâs back on some alfalfa. No signs of any of the kidney issues, and since his last bloodwork was good, we are hoping whatever that was is done with.
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Trying to leg him back up, and his SI area seems to be sore, so hello groundhog day with the trouble legging this horse up from any time off. He lost substantial muscle and balance considering how little he was actually offâI think the couple of weeks his kidneys were unhappy really took a toll. Itâs about a 50/50 chance whether he will make a good effort or will be a balky nightmare. And the more he braces and balks the worse he feels. I try to have a little feel on the rein during those behaviors because sometimes I do get him forward but heâs so tight in the back and all over the place he will trip or something and no matter how mild, it pisses him off and itâs back to balking.
Understandably, we are not doing things like Robaxin or NSAIDs. Also trying not to put steroid in the SI joints at this time either. Hoping he can just push through. (like heâs ever been good at that)
Started him on Depo to see if that would tone down the aggressiveness of his behavior. Too soon to tell.
Still on the hunt for horse #2 so I can actually have some fun riding something and work on not going back down the rabbit hole of bad, defensive riding habits. Had one on the list that passed the preliminary xray review, scheduled a PPE, and the day before the PPE, the trainer calls me to say horse came in from turnout quite lame, leg started to swell a few hours later. Their vet was going to check him out, but I havenât heard anything. Initially hoped for an abscess but itâs sounding like itâs likely worse. Trainer gets a lot of sales horses in and had been looking for me. Felt this one was the right one in the mindâsweet, laid back, no drama kind of horse.
Itâs really getting ridiculous how bad my luck has been with horses. I feel like half of my stories I wouldnât believe if I wasnât living them. Itâs just too ridiculous. I took so many years off to be a more financially responsible adult. And now I canât catch a break and am still mostly broke from all the vet bills. At least for the prospective horse, he had the decency to come up lame before I wrote a check.
I swear that just happens to some people. A friend of mine has had awful luck with every horse she has owned. First one was a cribber, colicked a few times and then was found dead one morning (no idea why but I suspect ruptured stomach). Next horse broke itâs leg, had a very successful surgery but wasnât a good match so was sold and is a pretty good hunter for a kid now, but left her with huge vet bills. Next horse was supposed to be fine, turned out to have navicular that ended up being so bad he had to be put down after a couple years and even more vet bills trying to treat it. Leased a horse that had to be treated for Lyme. Itâs awful, I hate that she has gone through all of that. I hope both of you find a horse that you can just enjoy and not constantly be worrying about while not being able to ride.
At least I have an older, but sweet and kind gelding to flat for a couple of weeks while my friend is on vacation.
