a month ago my 25 year old mare (history of cushings) came up with a high desmitis suspensory in her left hind… she’s now at a wonderful layup barn where she has been getting laser and stall rest and today was her 1 month follow up with my main vet. thankfully under ultrasound the top part of her suspensory near her hock is looking better, less swollen, etc
my vet noticed however that her pastern on the same leg has dropped somewhat and is somewhat painful on the lateral side … he is coming to recheck in two weeks and she will stay on stall rest staying on her normal equioxx dose, she’s not even on bute. we plan to run a course of shockwave therapy, apparently where it this is isn’t a good place for prp.
im not rehabbing her to ride again, only to be a pasture puff and have her comfortable. i had already asked at her visit 2 weeks ago if her suspensory was the result of just a freak accident or DSLD and he said it wasn’t DSLD, so i’m just sort of beside myself … i feel like at first everyone was talking about this like it was worse case scenario, but then they were saying she would still have several more quality years left as a pasture puff
i just don’t know what to think and wanted to know if anyone else had been through something similar… im worried her leg is going to deteriorate more … no one knows why it really happened, but obviously related prob to suspensory injury…