Twenty-six miles down the 15 freeway we found ourselves on our to the fate of my trusty stead. As I pulled up the driveway with my rig I witnessed one of the most impecable stables I have ever seen! Tanner was excited too he was stomping and rocking the truck and the trailer.
Let me get you caught up, we made an appointment with Dr. Mark Martinelli and where scheduled to be seen on Wednesday at 2:30-3ish. He is one of the best Orthopedics for equines he works alongside Dr. Norman W. Rantanen who has wrote books about the ultrasound systems in the horse world. ( So they are the BEST at what they do or as my dad said $$$).
As I parked the trailer and hopped out of the truck a young woman came up to great us right away she intruduced her self as Dr. Lea Walker, who is an intern. The next thing I know I lead Tanner out of the trailer which was...hmmm. Any ways as soon as he made it to solid ground someone took him and settled him into a nice stall.
Dry Humor is a understatement to give these Dr.'s I can honestly say I am terrible at it even though I grew up in a house full of it. But by the end I think I did myself justice since I am a Comm major.
After they did the ultrasound they couldnt say that they were exactly pleased with what was going on so they suggested us getting x-rays again to check to see if there was any changes since the injury first occured.... As I waited I have to admit I wasnt as stressed as I was before I figured my horse maybe crazy at times but he isnt dumb. Most horses that get there leg caught in anything frantically pull and end up breaking there bones. He on the other hand figured "Well I guess Im stuck... Hello..."
The results where something along the lines of this " The radiographs confirmed that there was a fracture to the collateral ligament of the left hind fetlock. There was no other abnormalties. "
Recovery is in full swing here at the Rahe's... We brought Tanner up to our corrals and he is so much happier. He has bucked and ran... even though he isn't supposed to but I can only do so much... if he wants to get better he is going to have to figure out that he isnt coming out of his stall for 5 more months and he needs to lay low. His regime is this...no more 10 minute walks from hell... just 20 minutes of Game Ready twice a day. Game Ready is used on athletes aswell its a cuff that applies pressure with cool water its a from a cold compressive threrapy. It helps release the fluid and swelling.
So every day now I get to look outside my window I see golden specs reflecting of my California dreamin' horse...Tanner.
Ride Tall.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
We met again at the hitching post...or in this case the bath rack
I havent posted in awhile mainly because A) I have been really busy B) I have been doing the same thing everyday with "the beast" and didnt want to bore you C) I kept forgetting.
I dont remember if I wrote that Tanner is on a shot that is supposed to calm him down... its like a horsey "prozac". I think its working. But then again today on our daily adventure to the bath rack he started goofing off. He is kind of cute when he does this its like he is playing. He jumps and lifts up... and then I get nervous and ask him to stop. Im not going to lie its very intimidating one false move and he would clobber me.
Today was also his last day of the 15 pills in the morning and in the evening. Which is great! Giving a horse that much medication is no fun... Although he was the dream little medicine eater he licks that bucket clean.
Tomorrow, I am going to re-wrap Tanner's leg but this time we get to use different supplies. Usually the wrapping proccess consists of a cotton sheet then medical vet wrap and then a casing of stick tape. We are moving along in our healing so we are upgrading to a quilted sheet and then just a polo wrap... sounds a lot easier. I am also going to bathe Tanner if the weather permits. And if its sunny enough I may put some more sun-in in his mane and tail since they are kind of yellow.
We called the San Louis Rey Equine Hospital to schedule Tanner's ultrasound. We are going in on March 13 which yes is a Friday... and is perfectly a month since this disaster happend. Best case scenario is they find nothing is wrong... no tears and no problems with that bone chip.... next best case would be that he tore a ligament but very slightly and it would only take 4-5 months off.... worst case would be that the chip is what is causing the problem then surgery would be mandatory... and the most terrible scenario is that the surgery wont work.
I am keeping positive however because of all the progress he is already showing. On our walks he is barely short striding the leg which is a blessing in itself. So until we get to the vet I can only pray that all will be well.
Ride Tall~
I dont remember if I wrote that Tanner is on a shot that is supposed to calm him down... its like a horsey "prozac". I think its working. But then again today on our daily adventure to the bath rack he started goofing off. He is kind of cute when he does this its like he is playing. He jumps and lifts up... and then I get nervous and ask him to stop. Im not going to lie its very intimidating one false move and he would clobber me.
Today was also his last day of the 15 pills in the morning and in the evening. Which is great! Giving a horse that much medication is no fun... Although he was the dream little medicine eater he licks that bucket clean.
Tomorrow, I am going to re-wrap Tanner's leg but this time we get to use different supplies. Usually the wrapping proccess consists of a cotton sheet then medical vet wrap and then a casing of stick tape. We are moving along in our healing so we are upgrading to a quilted sheet and then just a polo wrap... sounds a lot easier. I am also going to bathe Tanner if the weather permits. And if its sunny enough I may put some more sun-in in his mane and tail since they are kind of yellow.
We called the San Louis Rey Equine Hospital to schedule Tanner's ultrasound. We are going in on March 13 which yes is a Friday... and is perfectly a month since this disaster happend. Best case scenario is they find nothing is wrong... no tears and no problems with that bone chip.... next best case would be that he tore a ligament but very slightly and it would only take 4-5 months off.... worst case would be that the chip is what is causing the problem then surgery would be mandatory... and the most terrible scenario is that the surgery wont work.
I am keeping positive however because of all the progress he is already showing. On our walks he is barely short striding the leg which is a blessing in itself. So until we get to the vet I can only pray that all will be well.
Ride Tall~
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