Yes, thank you.
It isn’t much of a video. I couldn’t even tell if that was Killean. :ambivalence:
Well, he trotted and had three white socks on the right legs. He looked happy.
What surprises me is that I couldn’t see bandages on the horse in that video. It takes a while to heal up wounds on that part of the body so I’m surprised I couldn’t see anything. Did I miss it? It was hard to see with the horse moving.
My mare cut her leg badly at the front of the fetlock joint. She cut both front legs but the left was minor. The cut/abrasion on the right leg was a wide ugly thing all the way to the white stuff covering the fetlock joint; there was no flesh left. It was at least an inch high, maybe two, and maybe four inches wide, basically the whole front half of her fetlock joint. It took three months to heal with twice-a-day bandage changes for at least the first month and then daily changes for a while and then every other day. I don’t know how she did it, it was as if she fell onto her fetlock joints on both legs but I’ll never know what happened. I wish I did so I could prevent it. Anyway, this happened in mid July and this past Sunday it was finally healed well enough to stop using the bandages and use bedsore boots.
My point is that I don’t see how those nasty abrasions on Killean Cut Kid could be healed up so completely already in just a month. On the other hand, unlike my horse, there was tissue left on his legs when the original photos were taken so it would be able to heal faster.
I’m curious about the details of their treatment. It looks like they did a good job.
The vets probably used some maggots (about $300 or so a box) to help heal. They eat up the necrotic tissue and leave the skin to heal better than keeping bandages on which keep the skin looking “raw.” Don’t know if they did this or not. Once the bandages come off, the skin will turn darker or in case of white socks, will look white, within a few days, so you don’t see the awful pink meaty look. But I don’t know how the wounds were treated and how the horse was handled. And putting silver sulfadine on wounds also helps dry them up and heal them. But that’s my experience so I have no ideal what another vet other than mine would do.
Glad he is better.
For what it’s worth, and the sake of discussion, here is what my vet had me do: keep the wound bandaged and moist with a water-soluble antibacterial (Furacin) into which he had me mix a syringe of antibiotic solution. The process I used per his instructions was as follows:
- spray wash with sterile isotonic solution,
- gently wipe off excess exudate with sterile cloth. I used a short length of gauze. For the first few weeks the exudate was thick and weepy (and gross) as the granulation tissue was filling in.
- capture a glob of Furacin onto a Telfa pad and stick it onto the wound,
- wrap gently with sterile gauze, extending bandage well up the leg,
- wrap well with vet wrap.
It was a rodeo getting her to stand still the first time I bandaged her. I ended up hosing it off, which probably hurt judging from her reaction, but it was covered in dirt. I had to use a pad taped to the inside of a bedsore boot because I couldn’t get her to stand for wrapping, but after that first time she was a trooper and stood stock still.
The wound has closed up and there is a small scar but you can’t see it unless you put your fingers on it and pull back the hair. There is a small horizontal ridge over the space where the wound closed up, maybe from proud flesh? I haven’t had the vet out again because healing progressed well, albeit slowly, but at this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if the scar disappeared.
The good thing: I feel like a pro at applying a beautiful perfect flat wrap! At first, I was awful, dropping the roll of gauze and vet wrap in the dirt at least twice every time I bandaged.
One of the people involved with Kid had posted this on Twitter regarding part of his treatment:
Killean Cut Kid will be receiving stem cell wound treatment beginning tomorrow under the direction of the scientists and vets at EXCELLR8.
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Glad he is getting such good care.
Did they ever consider amniotic membrane as a wound dressing? Some breeding farms still process some.
Here is an old thread www.chronofhorse.com/forum/forum/discussion-forums/sport-horse-breeding/77397-has-anyone-harvested-amnion-for-wound-care
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Latest from the USTA (United States Trotting Association) regarding their investigation of this matter.
Unfortunately, they say they couldn’t determine for sure who was responsible for his injuries. Sigh. (May karma come back to visit those people.)
http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=77440&zoneid=1
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Well, we all have a pretty good idea since the person responsible for his injuries claims he died. She knows what she did to him. Karma will get her eventually although I’d rather it be sooner than later for her to get her just desserts.
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The old Cajun curse, “May the chickens that come home to roost be vultures, and may they have very full bowels.”
Seems appropriate.
Can they build a complete time line of the horse’s chain of custody?
Sometimes it’s best to just move forward. This guy is getting the care he needs to have a happy life. And it sounds like he has his pick of good homes.
And to quote WildandWickedWarmbloods “karma will get her”.
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One thing - this may not be all Mandy’s doing. He also had another owner, Jason.
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