Sorry, forgot to post the leg-in-plaster pic. ;) Now the wrap is gone. That's a new pic of her leg from today.The vet came 5 days ago. He said it doesn't look too good at all. The hole in the tendon has closed a bit but still, 2/3 of the tendon is three times thicker than it should be... :(
He said I had two options: one is surgery and one is shockwave therapy. I decided for the shockwave therapy because a surgery is always a little bit risky, and of course more expensive. If the shockwave therapy doesn't help, I can still decide for surgery. And as Bella doesn't really have to show or to jump anymore, I would also not mind if the shockwave therapy makes her perfectly sound for light to medium dressage training again but not for jumping. That would be ok. I only want her to be a happy leisure dressage horse, a broodmare and of course happy from now on. ;)
She's not been allowed to be on the pasture for 3 weeks. I may only let her hand-graze a bit and she may be walked 10 minutes a day. And when one considers this, she's unbelievable calm. Today she was a little bit spooky because of the fast wind, buts still easy to control with only one hand. And this without any meds. Here's a pic of her from today. :) You rock girl!
