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Update on my mareā¦Monday got the worst call of my life, she had become very uncomfortable overnight and it became apparent that the circulation to her hoof was lost. We put her to rest that afternoon. One of the hardest things I have ever done, but I am trying to be at peace with the fact that I gave her every chance to pull through and she is no longer suffering.
Give your horses a big hug for me, life is too short.[/QUOTE]
Iām so very sorry. Sending you hugs.
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Doing goodā¦ Vet had us change her diet according to an equine nutritionistā¦ Got her on the LMF and no alfalfa other than just a little bit in the am with her morning medsā¦ She was FEELING GOOD today, was being very naughtyā¦ We put her back in her stall after redressing (bucking and trying to rear the whole way) and she went outside and was bucking some more, and then literally loped into her stall for her dinner. Sheās doing great without the splint 
My daughter had her take a few steps while she was undressed, and she is doing goodā¦ Still trying to figure out the movement, but sheās doing it 
Now if we can just keep her calm so she doesnāt reinjure the leg.
She seems to be doing betterā¦ Doing awesome with no splintā¦ Hereās a video to show her movementā¦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=108&v=DfVolO0nmIQ
Havenāt had any ābad daysā lately which is a blessing. Will post updated pics tonight after her dressing change.
YAY!! What a good girl too
So tonight was totally NOT a good day! Ugh total and utter frustration. Trying to clean her wound and put clean bandaging on it, and she was fighting us the whole time even with sedationā¦
Finally had to double dose her ($10 per dose), then just went to the vet and bought more ointment for her wound for $28, and ended up wasting the whole thing not to mention like 6 pads, and 1 roll of gauze. She fought us so badly tonight we were near tears and ready to give up 
We love this little girl so much! Sheās coming along so well, we just need help! Beyond frustrated
Boo Yes, sometimes they will seem to just get fed up with the process.
What are you doing with her while youāre working on the leg? Is she tied or loose, is someone at her head or not, have you tried treats or her favorite grain or anything along those lines?
yeah, tried them all, even tried the tape on the nose Finally had to double dose on the sedation and a lip chain.
Awww, Iām sorry I figured you didnāt just go to sedation, just thought rattling off some options might make you think of something brilliant
Iām sure sheās just being the baby she is, but I know itās frustrating to have to wrestle with them just to help them.
Do you typically change her wrap before or after doing something with her? In other words, is that the first thing you do, or do you groom, maybe a little hand walk, anything? If you typically do the leg first maybe try doing something else first. My current youngster - 4 - for a while really did much better if I did a grooming session before doing any in-hand work.
We groom and love on her, then do a wellness point red light therapy (little laser pen type thing), then unwrap, giving lots of breaks, then wash, which she actually does pretty good for thatā¦ Its when we have to reapply the pad w/ the salve on it, that sheās being the worst Once we get that on and wrap it w/ gauze, sheās usually pretty mellowā¦ Sheās just being ultra sensitive about it nowā¦ Sheās got a lot of flesh covereage now, I donāt know if that is making a differenceā¦ Also the vet is worried that she is showing a little stringhalt action now If its not one thing its another
I sent an email asking the vet if there is some kind of topical like Novocaine we can put on it to help ease the ouchy before we wrap it back up
Ah, maybe it really is about the growing sensitivity in the new flesh.
Better living through a little chemistry is not the worst thing. Maybe sedate her while sheās being quiet and good? That might help keep her a little quieter even through the drugs.
I donāt think sheās showing stringhalt signs. I think perhaps her new flesh is stinging a little, the movement is making it sting a bit more, new nerve endings are growing, and sheās (likely) developing a tenuous tendon connection. To me, sheās walking like horses do when they donāt like a bandage. The movement is controlled, not jerky like SH.
Weāve been using sedation all along on herā¦ This last time, we actually double dosed her, and still had major problems even getting it unwrapped this time Vet is coming out tonight to figure out a new plan of attack so to speakā¦ Last time, we had to have another body help just man handle her while we twitched her (which I hate BTW, does not seem that humane, but was the only way we could get her done). Sheās at the point now to where if we open her stall door we best have bribery in hand or sheās running away from us. As long as the door is closed, sheās still her normal love bug selfā¦ Door opens, and sheās like āSee Ya!ā
She is doing very well on it though, other than the ānot so sureā movement, we are just pressure wrapping now, no tape or other splint device, and sheās doing great We seem to have physitis under control for the most part as well.
Hereās the link to her latest pics, let me know if it works https://www.dropbox.com/s/bhafrxmugom3t89/2015-04-17%2018.23.03.jpg?dl=0
Sounds like itās time to play āartā with the sedation - different drug, different combination, something Good luck with that!
The wound looks really good! Nice pink skin. Now is when you may start seeing (more) proud flesh to look out for that.
We started using Manuka Honey on it yesterdayā¦ Hoping for good results Notice, almost no bone showing anymore
I noticed!! Youāll see much faster healing now that most of the internal wound healing has taken place. The top stuff seems to happen so much faster.
No pics tonight, but drum roll please!!! We have achieved 100% Bone coverage!!! YAY!
Now for the not so goodā¦ While the wound is healing very well, vet is concerned that she is developing stringhalt in that legā¦ and he is unsure whether it will improve or not without an additional surgical procedure:( which is more money on top of the $1500 weāve already spent just in vet bills not including all the bandaging and sedation and on and on and onā¦ Has anyone experienced this issue during healing of a severed tendon? Any and all input welcomed!!
Iām still not understanding why the vet is thinking SH 
Mechanical?
What, exactly, does he give as details as to why?
Iāll take another video tonight, but she is definitely more pronounced in movement in that injured legā¦ It doesnāt look like its āsnapping upā to me, if I understand stringhalt correctly, but he is concerned and keeps bringing it up, he hasnāt explained just why, other than the way sheās pulling her leg up when she walks, its less pronounced when she isnāt bandaged, it still looks to me, like she is just being very conscious about where she is putting that footā¦ and way less hopeful that sheāll be anything more than a pasture pet We are trying to be hopeful, I thought my poor daughter was going to cry. She had such big plans for the little one someday. Iāve looked at videos of stringhalt, and it doesnāt seem the sameā¦ When sheās being naughty on lead, she kind of forgets about that leg, and jumps around like a normal horse (which scares the cr*p out of me) When she was spazzing in her run/stall, she loped almost normally into her stall to get her dinnerā¦ Do you think there is anything we can do to help? Massage? (not that she would let us lol) I feel she is entirely too young for chiro
Yes, I remember that movement from the last video. Itās just that I donāt see the leap between that and SH
I wouldnāt discount it, but I wouldnāt be so worried about it at this point. Remember, she spent a lot of time not being able to use that leg hardly at all. The fact that itās less pronounced when not bandaged makes me feel strongly itās related to the bandage to some degree (per my last comment on this) but still about the sensation of all that tissue growing, and new nerve endings developing, etc.
She is not too young for a chiro 
But the chiro should be familiar with working on them this young. My now 4yo has seen a chiro since he was a suckling. Very little work, anything done was done with fingertips, very gentle. My chiro loves to get to work on the little ones so she can help prevent little things from turning into bigger, harder to fix things.
Soā¦ with her buckling issues over with (after the fight w/ the vet last night, Iām convinced she is stable)ā¦ Iāve read that exercise is good for her and could help with the issueā¦ What kind of exercise do you think I could do with her? She will 1 yr old (wow time flies) on the 17th of next month. Stretching? if sheād allow itā¦ I swear, the secondary issues are what is killing us with thisā¦ The wound itself is going wonderfully
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