So...Red had a trip to the vets on Wednesday, I wanted to have his DDFT rescanned and possibly x-ray his navicular bone. It is a year ago that he was at the vets for his 3 week rehab following his fractured radius...time flies!
He is trotting sound in a straight line, vets were impressed with how comfortable he was without shoes, but is still lame in trot on a right circle.
The scan shows some improvement to the DDFT but it is still slightly larger than the other side, apparently they don't always go back to the same size due to scar tissue, but the fibres are looking more organised in it.
We decided to do a nerve block to try to narrow down where the majority of pain was coming from-navicular, DDFT or both. We had to wait while Red woke up from his sleepy juice so Trixie and I sat in the waiting room where Trixie managed to capture the hearts of all of the office staff.
The nerve block had to be put in low down and assessed relatively quickly so that, as much as possible, it was just blocking the navicular region. Red was still lame but with a marked improvement. It was decided that he would stay in over night and have another round of Tildrens, medicate the joint and some X-rays the following day.
The x-rays show that the cyst has not changed in size, but it is more obvious to see. This could be good because the bone around it has thickened so the body is responding to it and encapsulating it.
I was really pleased that the vets have agreed that he seems to be doing better without shoes and are happy for him to continue unshod. One of the vets has said that we seem to have hit a bit of a plateau and that if he has not improved much by now then he probably won't. I felt quite sad when I got home , it's like they are giving up on him. It just makes me more determined to do as much as I can for him, there is nothing more likely to set me a challenge than to say something can't be done!!!
Come on Red, let's show them! X
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