Hi! The RenoVo has been AWESOME for my mare, Grace! It has really been a game changer for her.
Our vet took a few X-rays of her knee and that helped him guide the needle the most accurately, he actually did 2 shots in the 2 different areas of her knee that day.
I pretty much noticed an improvement right away! His office is about an hour drive away from the stables, when she got home, she saw her best friend, she firmly planted both front legs and bucked at him very highly, which was a huge surprise to me, my friends (his owners) and we not only had never seen her buck, but she bucked high. I think it was her way of saying that she felt really good!!!
I decided to stall her for two nights, following the Renovo and I didn’t notice any side effects other than a little bit of swelling, which went away within a few days.
I DID notice how much energy she had and how she seem to be feeling great!! I came out early one morning after she had been stall, and she was so eager to get out of her stall. We went to take a walk, and I immediately noticed that she was walking with a much more fluid and smooth motion without hardly a limp at all, which was such an improvement over her typical gait. I’ve stayed in touch with our veterinarian so I sent him a quick video, and I actually had Grace trot for just a few steps. I couldn’t believe it, I was taken aback, because for the first time ever since I’ve had her, she actually trotted a few steps without a limp.
I will say that the injection was in the first week of February and I think the first few days were absolutely her best days. Now that it’s towards the end of February, she still is doing great, and she still moves much more easily with much less of a limp and much less swelling around her knee. We used to use a Velcro ice pack very often for swelling, but since the Renovo, I hardly ever have the need to use it as often because she walks so much smoother and doesn’t limp as often. There has definitely been a minimization in the flares.
I have seen her trot a few times and while she sometimes does limp, which I think she pretty much always will at the trot, she does have much more energy which I’ve also seen when she’s bucked and also just seems like a much happier horse. I think that the pain that she had before the Renovo caused her to be more fatigued and I’ve seen her personality come out more now that she’s relieved of some of her pain.
I actually was really impressed by our veterinarian and the clinic where we went. I wish they were closer. I’m actually in the process of getting ready to move closer to Grace and as a long-term goal, I have thought about trying to move closer to this veterinary clinic because they gave her such excellent care. I personally think that I would like to come back to see this really great doctor by the end of the year for him to check up on her and perhaps give her another injection of Renovo in her affected left leg but also in her right leg, which has the very beginning of arthritis. So far nothing else has helped her as much as RenoVo. For me personally, my goal with Grace is never to ride her because of the extreme OA/DJD. For me, it is to give her the best possible quality of life with her condition, and to help improve her longevity and manage her arthritis to the best of my ability.
