Blossom's first injury

August 8, 2010

Before the adventure trail ride I told Tracee that I thought Blossom's right hind leg was sore and she said that she might look at it after the trail ride. So after the trail ride Tracee noticed and said that when the vet came we would show the vet. The vet was coming to do Blossom's coggins test anyway. A coggins test is basically just a check up test so that Blossom can cross state lines (for Reno). So the vet saw Blossom's foot and said that her foot was bruised because the top of the foot somehow got smushed down and was curling under. So they sedated her and put a big wrap and bandage on. Then they told me to give her some medicine in her lunch and dinner and also to keep the foot wrapped and try to keep it as clean as possible. And that I couldn't ride her for a week. So after a couple days Tracee noticed that the bandage was getting really dirty and it was kind of wet. And then we took it off and put a diffferent wrap and put a boot on so it would stay clean. Then she was kept in a stall,  not an outside paddock.  It did stay clean; every couple days we would soak her foot in some minerals and change the wrapping.

So on Saturday the 7th I rode her in a group lesson and she was fine and she was sound, which means she was all better and walked and trotted fine.