Playing fetch continues

Fetch the dish-brush

Yesterday we started playing fetch with a dish-brush.
Since she has to stay in her box for 1.5 months after the surgery, I need to try to find out different ways to give her some mental stimulation. We've only had three sessions with fetching and this is how far we've gotten at the moment.

Moneypenny in the hospital

While in hospital - Moneypenny has had colic two times. One postoperatively due to the anaesthetics, and the second time it was because of the sedation she had been given when changing her bandage. The first time it was in her ceacum (blind gut) and it took 1.5 days to resolve - it can take up to 4-5 days! Because the oil given orally is kind of shunted passed the caecum, just passing from the ileum to the colon - instead of going into the blind gut and helping in resolving the situation.
The second time it was in her small intestine, she rolled and was in pain. Of course she was given analgesic drugs and everything that comes with it.

The vet. had to sedate her because she didn't like to stand still, lifting her hoof under the entire procedure, and this in turn, is probably because she didn't like to be put in a small tight examination box during the procedure - in a very non-horse-atmospheric-futuristic-room. She tried to jump over the edges of the box (was over with her fore legs!) and reared and so on.

So, today I was going to be there in order to keep her calm (with one kg of carrots) and everything went fine. We didn't even step into the examination box since she gets so stressed (we were outside her own box). Everything went fine this time and we thereby managed to avoid administration of sedative drugs - so she won't have any more colic!!!!

The wound looked fine, there is granulation tissue covering most of it and there was only minimal bleeding. In a few days she'll most likely get a special shoe with a metal plate that is to be screwed on and off, after changing the tampons in her hole - and then she'll come home! :)

Has she only got one leg?




Difference in size!


While MP is in the hospital - a new house is being built for her which she can use as a shelter in her pasture whenever she gets well again:

Now they have surgically removed Moneypennys keratoma

Everything went fine and so did the anaesthesia. She was anaesthetized for about one hour. It was enormously interesting to watch it and I have loads of pictures (coming soon) because I got to use one of the (three!) veterinarians Nikon D50 - because we all wanted pictures - both for educational purposes, and for my own private interest.

They have not diagnosed keratoma per se, because there obviously wasn't material enough to make a histological examination, but they say that there is a high probability that it is a keratoma, since it isn't very common with abscesses in that area of the hoof.

Moneypenny is a fighter and I'm sure she'll recover to be a nice and sound horse again! And let's hope that it doesn't reoccur!

Moneypenny will undergo surgery tomorrow

As some of you already know, I discovered a strange structure in my horse's left front hoof that protruded out in a circular formation. I took the knife and cut it over and found this:


I hadn't seen anything like it before so I called my ferrier who came and told me that it might be a keratoma, which has to be removed surgically in a veterinary clinic.

She has now been diagnosed with keratoma and will be operated on tomorrow - read about the condition here:
http://www.cheshire-equinevets.com/?section=Keratoma

Furthermore, I found other problems in both hind feet which could be canker:
http://www.equipodiatry.com/canker1.htm

and:
http://www.cheshire-equinevets.com/?section=canker

They have not yet diagnosed this - but I'm just waiting for it to come, and it does not look that good in my opinion.

All of this because of a f*king wet rainy disastrous summer. Just another proof of why we will move south!

I loath our climate - it is eating my horse!

Beautiful animals part 2!

HUGEN!
On the raft on the river




Took a shower...


Sunbathing






Life is wonderful



Hvor dejligt med sol!

Cleaning

Too hot!

Beautiful animals!

BANNIEN!


Downtown Copenhagen






LINGI!




IGEN!


LINGI!