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This horse needs bubble wrap *graphic pics*

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#1 ·
I have already posted about Star and his inability to sweat. Well he now has an injury so he REALLY can go out and play.
about 2? weeks ago he cut his leg on something (lord knows WHAT he managed to hurt himself on), nothing big, just a tiny cut. This is where things get stupid. My bf's dad told my BO's hubby to wrap it AFTER my Bf said to leave it be (this is BO's horse). What happens when you wrap a small cut? The leg blows up like a balloon. So the vet came out to a horse who was hobbling on 3 legs. The leg was 3 times its normal size. She said to give him bute, antibiotics and to spray the cut with an antiseptic spray, and to keep warping it. Well here is what it looked like today...







Because he is in pain he had decided food is no longer his favorite thing so he had dropped weight. And to top it all off poor guy Lost a front shoe. He tore the hoof up to much to get another shoe on (to where it wont just come right back off and do MORE damage) there and we cant pick the other one up long enough to take the other off -_-' here is vid of my Bf is his 'stylish' shorts rounding off the toe so he dose not do more damage to the hoof. (so you can see what the poor thing looks like now)



(he did not mean to drop the leg, the horse was leaning on him and his leg was digging into BFs)

Is that leg as bad as it looks?
(felt like sharing this as my family will not want to look at 'gross' pics XD)
 
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#30 ·
I agree that I do not see any improvement. it DOES look worse. A lot worse.
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#32 ·
Do keep in mind that weight bearing does NOT necessarily mean improvement! He could have learned how to tolerate the pain, become numb to it, or infection could have killed off any pain receptors (The way a third degree burn does).

This looks so much worse than it was. Healing wounds don't triple in size.
 
#35 · (Edited)
The pic of the wrapping was not me. I wrap from hock to fetlock and up again. No slippage. the original wound exploded in proud flash from infection. The infection is gone but he is still on antibiotics. Dressing is changed daily and he is no longer in pain (and is eating again!). The first week if he walked you could hear the grunting from the house (and he went from a body scale of 5 to about 3-2 in a week). The proud flesh had been removed. I wont be able to acquire pics or vid until Friday :(. The vet is pleased with his recovery so far, we are just waiting for the wound to close.

also keep in mind that pic is over a week and a half old. The bandage had slipped causing it to scab and its yellow because of a salve the vet put on.
 
#36 ·
Star is doing better. I think it would have been quicker but no one wants to listen to be and get the proud flesh begon. The vet just cut the extra flesh off every week (and taught a mutual friend to cut it too, which I don't like but w/e). I only have pics from october but ill get better ones tomorrow. He no longer gets his leg bandaged, its now coated in a thick layer of wonderdust to help dry it out.

From october.
 
#37 ·
Is that how it looks now? Because it looks worse then it originally did...

Is there quality of life left in this horse? What is his prognosis? Is it worth it?

I'm not trying to be crude...but that has got to hurt. And it honestly doesn't look better. :-(
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#38 ·
I'd stick with the WonderDust. Daily run a clean paper towel over the area & replace any WD that falls off. Don't pick at the hard crust. WD will help to remove the proud flesh. You needed the proud flesh to fill in the wound but now it needs to go back to skin level for the wound to heal.
I think this will heal.
 
#39 ·
Its about half the size now (BO is sending me pics today). The vet was cutting it weekly. He blew an abscess in about every foot (not the one with the injured leg) and now hes done with that. He is finally gaining weight but refuses to eat anything without alfalfa in it (serious hunger striking if he gets no alfalfa). Good thing he is not hot for an OTTB.
 
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