The first is that he has lost the hair over his left eye, and she thinks it is possible uveitis, which dex is used for.
I began walking him daily which we graduated to small hills backing and stepping over ground poles. Five weeks later he had significantly improved. She then begain him on EPM medication along with Dexamethasone. I went online and watched several videos of EPM cases and felt this was what I was seeing in his movement. She then drew blood to hold for future EPM testing. She started him on a high doses of Dexamethasone and would reevaluate him in one week, which did include some improvement. Radiographs showed moderate swelling of the right hyoid bone, and slight on the left. She felt the horse definitely was neurologic in symptoms progressive of original injury. She felt there were three possibles, which included THO, EPM or West Nile. That said, a specialist came and did an evaluation, which included digital radiographs of both the head and stifle. He looked one step away from falling.Įnter my farrier, who watched him move and suggested a lameness specialist and/or chiropractor. He almost seemed to have no clue where his feet were and had a pronounced right hind hip drop when moving. Over the next four weeks, my gelding's lameness worsened and seemed to loose control of his hindend. He disagreed with treatment and told me to rest him and continue on bute. I had a second veterinarian reevaluate my gelding. Over the next week, my gelding tried to comply but lameness worsened. His response to me was to keep him moving. I contacted the veterinarian once again to discussed the current situation and response to treatment. On day 2, my horse became extremely lame on his right as well as original left. This didn't feel right to me, but I complied. His diagnosis was severe sprain of the interior stifle, heat and apparent inflammation. Treatment consisted of bute and work him lightly building on strength and duration and a one to two week normal turnout routine. The veterinarian said came to evaluate my gelding, which included a lameness exam and radiographs of the left stifle. Our veterinarian recommended a week of stall rest, but my gelding had little to no improvement. He then began to side pass to meet me at the gate. Question: On OctoI witnessed my 18-year-old paint gelding slip in the mud.
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