Severed Extensor Tendon

[JB]

Well, understanding I’m not a vet, I"m not there, blah blah CYA stuff LOL, I would, as I think I probably said a few times in this whole thread, get her turned out as soon as possible. Smaller spaces, shorter times, increasing both as weeks go on.

Having had a horse with 2 separate tendon “separation” issues (yes, same horse, different tendons), and having done a ton of research and talking to several vets who deal with these things on a far more regular basis than my vet does, including Dr Mannsman, and Dr White at Marion duPont), there’s just a lot of evidence that the sooner you can get to free choice movement out of a stall, the better things heal. Not necessarily faster healing (that’s largely due to nutrition and how bad things were), but better, more organized healing, for a stronger structure in the end.

When I started my thread on this years ago, I was PMd by someone whose horse did the same thing. She had no way to confine the horse, so she took care of the wound appropriately and just kept him turned out. 6 months later he was back to Fox Hunting.

[PattiP35]

She has turnout 24/7 in a 15*10 (stall 10x10)+15ft run, I asked the vet last night if we could go ahead and extend her paddock out more (she has about another 20ft in length before she gets the whole thing), and he said yes, so we are planning on that when the weather improves again. Other than that, we don’t have alot of choice for turnout… Thought about turning her out in the round pen while we are there, but I don’t want her to get too spazzy

[JB]

another 20’ would be wonderful That will allow more walking back and forth without also increasing the turnarounds.

What does the weather have to do to “improve” enough to allow that? Less mud?

Is there a way to temporarily section off part of a pasture so she’s “in” the pasture and horses won’t actually leave her site, but she won’t be in with them?

How big is the round pen? What might make her get spazzy there, but not in her current setup?

[PattiP35]

We are heading into a very wet and stormy week, mud is a huge factor… The unused part of her paddock is in nice condition with some grass growing in it… I want to wait until the nicer weather comes back so she can enjoy the grass and not sink in mud after a day or two, the round pen is a 50ft and she has gotten pretty hyper out there before her injury. She was out bucking and playing around tonight LOL. We skipped her handwalk because the wind was fierce,and all the horses were freaky tonight, thunderstorms a coming

[JB]

You are right, you don’t want her out in mud like that with that leg!

[PattiP35]

Here’s her new video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYGh9a7heqk

Here’s the latest pic w/ using the Manuka Honey… Looking really good https://www.dropbox.com/s/9mzbo4j4ce3nt1q/2015-04-22%2017.49.32.jpg?dl=0

[JB]

Her movement is much better! She’s hiking that leg a lot less than in the last one.

Love the wound!!

ps - don’t goose her to get her running I know you did it just for the video but it made me cringe lol

[PattiP35]

Yeah, I know… We kinda had too… Not so much to get her running, but she’s been a bit aggressive lately, and we had to remind her that it was not ok. She was much better after just a couple of minutes reminding her who was boss, and her wrap job went a lot better, she wasn’t trying so hard to kill us.

[JB]

That’s so great to hear. It’s hard with a youngster who’s already learning to test boundaries on a good day. Tough love

[PattiP35]

yeah LOL, when the vet came out, he decided to change her out w/ NO sedative… That was fun and exciting let me tell you… scared the crap out of me, cause she was being a ninny w/ no bandaging… That’s when I figured out her fetlock is pretty stable… She was backing, kicking out, rearing and jumping in place, and not even a wobble. Still scared the pooh out of me… I just kept thinking “PLEASE DON"T BUCKLE!!!” and she didn’t :). Sometimes I wonder what is going through that vets mind, but he said that we need to back off the sedative so she can learn that she’ll survive the process…

So we gave her just enough to keep her calm and then used a lip twitch, and she was pretty good for the most part.

He was so happy to see the bone coverage, he high-fived my daughter with his bloody glove… LOL

[JB]

rofl! I know it’s not funny, but it is

[PattiP35]

No it was funny… My daughter can handle the gore and tissue, but she can’t handle the blood… It was funny

[PattiP35]

Just wanted to show you all her comparison pic… These pics were taken a month apart… the first pic was taken yesterday, the 2nd,… Almost a month ago

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203566043505920&set=a.1821088341204.84857.1660069409&type=1&theater&notif_t=like

[PattiP35]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203820598749642&set=a.1466908246923.61590.1660069409&type=1&theater

I haven’t posted since my stroke… Haven’t been to the barn much, letting my daughter take care of everything… Nova’s leg is doing amazing! Still dealing with physitis which is now causing more trouble than the injury… But the injury is doing great and she is moving on the leg with no problems at all

[JB]

Excellent!

Still with the physitis? Bummer What’s her diet now?

[JB]

Wait what - stroke? OMG! How are you doing??!! Sheesh!

[PattiP35]

Her diet is very simple… according to a nutritionist our vet is working with, she is on eastern 8lbs per day, free choice local hay all day long, and 1.3lbs of LMF Super Supplement(G), 2lbs of beet pulp and MSM. And I am doing ok, it happened the end of April, and I’m very lucky that it didn’t affect much (no drooping or anything), a little shuffling of my left leg and some in my left arm. Just trying to recover. She’s a year old now.

We are also working with our farrier who is in contact with our vet because she’s showing some deformities in her front end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvpsCr0FL8Y

this was taken the 15th of May… She has improved a little bit now, with some corrective trimming and a half shoe, but it is beyond frustrating. Her back end looks near normal now which is good. Will be taking pics and video for the vet today, I’ll post them here

[JB]

No more evidence of the leg hiking? I sure didn’t see any

Yes, that LF definitely needs some attention. When did that start, relative to the injury? I’m sure it’s related, especially given it’s the diagonal leg.

That’s great to hear you’re doing very well!

[PattiP35]

No the stringhalt action is all but gone We recently opened up her paddock so she has the entire length of the run now and is quite happy about it. The video below shows her front leg… And the LF started sometime between when I had my stroke the end of April and the first time I made it to the barn the middle of May. The first time I went out I had a freaking panic attack, I only missed 3 weeks at the barn, and her leg looked fine before my stroke. I freaked out all over the vet and my daughter, then because of the stress, I was not allowed to return until I calmed down.

Here is her video from today… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXKoo2LZAY8

Here are the pics from today. Our poor little girl :*(

https://www.facebook.com/krazyhorsemom/posts/10203847436380566

[PattiP35]

Ok… I haven’t posted in quite a while, but looking for more input in the Never ending saga that is our little Nova…

Her wound is doing quite wonderfully, the vet is pleased with that progress… So whats our problem now??? What isn’t.

1st off, is her front leg, which is still quite wonky… We are going to have a more experienced farrier come out and see what he can do for her on that respect…

The more serious problem is the suspensory ligament in her injured leg… Her fetlock is sinking quite a bit, and vet is very concerned about how she will manage as she gets bigger and heavier…

I have a video but not a lot of pics… Hope you can see what I’m talking about… Really need some hope here… We’ve worked so hard to get her back to health, and the thought that her life and light can be cut short because of this KILLS ME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDJD4iFt3r8