Post by rachelvb on Jul 25, 2011 21:10:11 GMT
Today, Bella was pts after nearly a year of lameness. She was 8 years old and had her whole life ahead of her.
In July 2010 Bella went to the vets with a slight lameness in the left front leg, however, the vet said that there was not a sufficient amount of lameness to make a diagnosis and to take her home to work her and see what happened. She came sound again and then stayed so until September when the lameness moved to her hind right leg. She went back to the vets and after a good few hours of being poked and prodded and scanned and nerve-blocked, she was discovered to supposedly damaged her upper suspensory ligaments. She was prescribed 1 months box rest then 1 months field rest, Where after if she was sound on a nerve block then the nerves would be desensitised. On returning to the vets she was found to still be lame, and more so than she was before, so our vet referred her to Liphook Veterinary Hospital. There she was nerve blocked so they could pin-point the affected area then sent home to return the next week for an MRI scan where it was discovered that she had damaged her Lateral Collateral ligament, which can only be seen on MRI, it doesn't show on an ultra-sound which is why it remained undiscovered until here. The vet prescribed 3 lots of shock wave therapy 2 weeks between each and then a month after the last. So she went back to the vets (our vets) after this at the beginning of May and there was no change, she was just as lame as before. She was on complete box rest from December until May, except for what happened at the vets and hospital.
She got to enjoy the beginning of the summer months in the field with her friends and after considering all options decided that putting her out of her pain would be the best thing for her.
We found out the shock wave therapy hadn't work half a month before my GCSE's were starting and now I have just over a month until I start my A-levels. It couldn't really happen at a worse time.
She was finally starting to enjoy her work and had done well in the local show-jumping a couple of times and placed in workers. She was an amazing pony if not very stubborn, who will be missed dearly. I had all these big plans for us and to know that is never going to happen is heart-breaking, she was such a kind pony who always said hello when you arrived on the yard and was an absolute angel through the whole process!
A big thank you to Dan at Cinder Hill and Tom at Liphook who tried sooo hard to make her better, especially Dan who did go the extra mile for Bella.
I love you Bella now and always and never forget you!!!
<3 <3 <3 <3 :'(
In July 2010 Bella went to the vets with a slight lameness in the left front leg, however, the vet said that there was not a sufficient amount of lameness to make a diagnosis and to take her home to work her and see what happened. She came sound again and then stayed so until September when the lameness moved to her hind right leg. She went back to the vets and after a good few hours of being poked and prodded and scanned and nerve-blocked, she was discovered to supposedly damaged her upper suspensory ligaments. She was prescribed 1 months box rest then 1 months field rest, Where after if she was sound on a nerve block then the nerves would be desensitised. On returning to the vets she was found to still be lame, and more so than she was before, so our vet referred her to Liphook Veterinary Hospital. There she was nerve blocked so they could pin-point the affected area then sent home to return the next week for an MRI scan where it was discovered that she had damaged her Lateral Collateral ligament, which can only be seen on MRI, it doesn't show on an ultra-sound which is why it remained undiscovered until here. The vet prescribed 3 lots of shock wave therapy 2 weeks between each and then a month after the last. So she went back to the vets (our vets) after this at the beginning of May and there was no change, she was just as lame as before. She was on complete box rest from December until May, except for what happened at the vets and hospital.
She got to enjoy the beginning of the summer months in the field with her friends and after considering all options decided that putting her out of her pain would be the best thing for her.
We found out the shock wave therapy hadn't work half a month before my GCSE's were starting and now I have just over a month until I start my A-levels. It couldn't really happen at a worse time.
She was finally starting to enjoy her work and had done well in the local show-jumping a couple of times and placed in workers. She was an amazing pony if not very stubborn, who will be missed dearly. I had all these big plans for us and to know that is never going to happen is heart-breaking, she was such a kind pony who always said hello when you arrived on the yard and was an absolute angel through the whole process!
A big thank you to Dan at Cinder Hill and Tom at Liphook who tried sooo hard to make her better, especially Dan who did go the extra mile for Bella.
I love you Bella now and always and never forget you!!!
<3 <3 <3 <3 :'(
xx
