ThursdayNext

When it happened, it presented like a bow. He was 3 legged lame for about a day. Sunday I found him that way, and Tuesday morning the vet came out to Ultrasound and see if it had indeed bowed. Thankfully, it was just a Hematoma and fluid built up in the tendon sheath. I had just bought him about 5 or 6 months earlier as well, so a career ending injury would have been devastating! Let me know what your vet decides. I'm interested!

took about 3 months before the leg looked relatively "normal" again. The vet said 3 things to me: ice 20 minutes in the morning, work him hard when i ride, and sweat the leg over night. I also did 4 grams of Bute for a week. I jumped him pretty big on Saturdays, and rode him hard on the flat the rest of the week. This allowed the fluid to disperse, break up and get absorbed by the body. He still, to this day looks like he's had an injury there. Little bit of scar tissue on the tendon. But it doesn't affect him at all.

thanks for liking my post, lol.. the insanely difficult sitting trot. I promise it'll come to you and you and your horse will be happy :P