I'm sure that there are people who think that it is easy for me to cock a snook at authority and turn Ace out. I can assure you that it's not the case and that I've spent the last day and a half on tenterhooks in case I hatve made a mistake.
I checked him after six hours yesterday and the sixth process had risen and was hot. I checked him again this morning and saw him bounce in out of the field full of the joys of autumn. His back was flat and cooler than it has been since the operation.
I massaged him and put him under the lights and put him out again. This evening, he is more relaxed, moving easier and cooler at the operation sites than he ever has been.
I am very relaxed tonight that I've done exactly the right thing. I'm breathing a sigh of relief and hoping to get the best night's sleep that I've had for weeks.
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Way to go despite a scary moment there.
ReplyDeleteTold my knee doctor about the surgery. I've been teasing him a bit about the fact that most of the treatments he's using were used on horses first.
Most recently stem cell therapy using fatty tissue--pioneered with the horses.
Anyhow, because man stands on two legs, the kissing spines treatment would not be good--theory would work--because the ligaments are needed to keep the back straight and a bit inverted. That is exactly the opposite of what we want for the horse. Very interesting concept.
Still looking for the next equine innovation that will work for humans!!
Meant to make that "Way to go!!" Once again good news about Ace and his recovery. Your instincts are proving good again and again.
ReplyDeleteAlso just thought. It's not too surpising if along the way you do have some overreaction from muscles that just have not been working for a long time.
Yes I wasn't surprised that the last dorsal process 'popped up' . It is what we wanted, spreading, which inevitably must also mean 'rising' when you are talking about something which is laid over from where you want it to be. The surprise is perhaps in how quickly he adapted to the new position - 15 hours. The reduction in heat (=inflammation) has been very surprising and I feel bodes well for scar/adhesion free healing.
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interesting about things starting off on horses and perhaps transferring. I was thining about that last night when looking at mother's wound, and asked, did they not have something similar to that which we have for horses, dermagel - no, they didn't. i was amazed, it would have been perfect for that (or some manuka honey, didn't think they'd go with that suggestion either!)
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