I say Stick I didn’t know tomorrow was your big day, ‘Happy Birthday, old boy’. Nothing wrong with Noel Tidybeard in my opinion. Only a special sort of chap could make an hour long prog, in which nothing happens beyond 22 bods opening 22 boxes, entertaining.
sod it...just failed to get there! As I was saying....our boy Buzz was doing his morning exercise on Saturday when something spooked him and he deposited his lass on the deck. He then went on a jog round the downs on his lonesome. Before long half of Epsom was on the lookout for him. Clever boy managed to find his own way back to his stable without human help crossing the extremely busy B290 in the process. Sadly however ha managed to collide with something en route. This something shredded the skin on one of his legs. From his shoulder down to his knee his skin was rolled down like a sock, pretty gruesome. The vet spent five hours rolling the skin back up and stitching it all back in place as well as administering painkillers etc. He now has a heavy bandage from shoulder to hoof and is dosed up with penicillin. Later this week he will have xrays to see if he has done any other damage although this is already bad enough. He cannot lie down while he has this bandage in place so he has to sleep standing up. Not a happy boy right now and certainly a possibility that we may not get him back to the racecourse. The Don and I have been pretty lucky so far so cannot complain but this is a real setback with this youngster.
That cyclist he hit's in hospital, apparently. Check the third party insurance, Stick, the compensation could be heavy.
Very sorry to hear that stick. One of our mares suffered a similar injury but, from how you describe it, maybe not as bad as that. The vet thought it was probably a career ending injury but, after the initial injections directly into the wound, Amanda did all the subsequent injections and cleaned and re-dressed the wound every day and the vet couldn't believe how well she recovered. I know it looks horrible, and infection is a danger, but as long as no other damage is discovered then, with loving care and daily cleansing and re-dressing you could be lucky; I really hope so. Poor Buzz. Watching Amanda cleaning the wound used to make me squirm but one day I had to do it (amazing what one can do when there is no option). It's also amazing what nature can do. Years ago we had a pony who completely severed a tendon in the shoulder - unreparable. But, in time it grew back itself and the pony was able to compete happily again - miracle we called it. Best of luck with Buzz. Hope there is no worse news to come and try to have a Happy Birthday.
Actually stick, ours couldn't be stitched which was why it had to be cleansed and redressed every day. When the vet came to inspect after a few days you could see all the inside workings of the leg and the vet gave Amanda some education showing how all the internal bits worked
The vet was back yesterday Ron and he said that although he was healing quite nicely he reckons some of his skin will die which is where we could have problems.
