I would consider today a good one. Not all great news but it could be much worse. After the indirect lightening strike that Victoria took in mid-July, I was concerned she would colic or founder from the stress of it all. But she slowly improved and was doing well. A few days ago she didnt want to put weight on her front left foot. She blew an abscess but there were more suspected. Weve been packing and wrapping her feet and shes been CleanTraxed. Victorias x-rays today (1st photo) indicate shes had some rotation but the vets dont think its new. The current issue is believed to be abscesses. After Victoria the indirect lightening strike back in mid July, it took many weeks before she was able to comfortably stand for all 4 feet to be trimmed. I video her progress and Ill post a video of her tomorrow to show how well she was doing before the abscesses started. Shes a tough Arabian that has lots of spark in her eyes - this is just a bump in the road. When Victoria, Matilda, and Donovan arrived last year they all had unhealthy feet (among other issues). Bars were long, there was thrush, white line, gravel abscesses, many were pretty long and some were chipped up pretty bad - there where cracks that went all the way up the foot, and there were abscess that resolved midway up the foot. Ive included a photo (the 2nd photo) of one of Donovans feet upon arrival. But I can tell you that looks can be misleading - Ive seen some feet look bad that were very healthy. But the feet on these three horses were not healthy. All of them have been quite a project in many ways. But they are all worth it. Ive no regrets for saying yes when we were asked if we would accept them into our rescue program. If anyone would like to be a sponsor for Victoria and help her along this journey we would great appreciate it. She will need more acupuncture/TENS treatments and supplements. I dont think we will need more x-rays but she needs help with todays expenses. The 3rd photo was of Victoria when she arrived last September. The last photo was taken in late April. We had just put her up for adoption a few weeks before the indirect lightening strike. Its sad, just sad. This mare deserves a happy forever life and were going to try to make sure she gets it. Once we get her through this she will make a wonderful pasture pal. Shes incredibly smart and loving. We do believe she will make it through this - please keep her in your prayers. If anyone would like to help her, donations can be PayPald to [email protected]. Donations can also be made via our How You Can Help/Donate page of our website. Thank you.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 02:26:48 +0000
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