Summerfield Stables - Horses in the community

 
 

Bess arrived home in the horse ambulance today. She was delighted to be back and to see all her friends- they were very pleased to see her too. She is to be on box rest now for two months and then after this more x-rays must be taken to see how well the bone has healed. It is a great relief to have Bess back at our stables and we must say a huge thankyou to all who helped us to get her back here!

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Today I spoke to the vet who operated on Bess. He was very pleased with her progress and says that although she is more sore on her foot since they took the cast off this is to be expected. He is very pleased with the outcome of the operation and thinks the result was as good as can be expected. There is obviously a lot of healing time to go but Bess may be home in the near future where she will be able to complete the rest of her recovery surrounded by her friends.
The screws in her foot are holding the joint, that was dislocated and broken, back together. Luckily this joint is not her fetlock (ankle) which needs to move a lot but instead it is a joint that has limited mobility anyway (her pastern) so it hopefully will not affect her too much.
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When Alice and her Mum visited Bess today she was out of plaster and seemed very happy. She was a little sore on her bad leg but that is not really surprising considering it is only a month since she damaged it so badly.

This weekend there will be a sponsored bike ride to raise money for Bess. We will be looking after all the horses without using any cars! This means we will have to cycle a long way between the chase and the home field and we are hoping to make it to Rowney Green too! Please sponsor us as we still have a way to go to pay for this vet bill.

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