Home Again, Home Again

Dr. Cindy Backus's report on Snickers as written on his discharge papers and with added notes & photos of Snicker's homecoming from Tammy Shipley:

Physical Exam Findings: Heart & lungs auscult noemally.Pre-anesthetic blood work was normal. Effusion LH digital sheath. Ultrasound demonstrated fibrous adhesions within the sheath and marked thickening of the plantar annular ligament ( 7mm thick )

 

Surgery:

Tenoscopic evaluation of the LH digital sheath was carried out. Multiple adhesions were debrided. Bruising of the superficial flexor tendon was evident. The deep digital flexor tendon was normal throughout its entirety. The plantarannular ligament was transected under video guidance. The sheath was lavaged and injected with sodium hyaluronate prior to closing.

 

Exercise Instructions: Stall confine for 2 weeks. Hand-walk for 2 weeks ( 20-30 minutes twice daily ). Begin exercise under tack in 4-6 weeks.

 

Cindy came & changed his bandage on Tues.7/28. He has to have the bandage changed every 3 to 4 days. He gets his stiches out next wed.Aug.5th. He has to stay bandaged for the first 30 days. Cindy would like to re-ultrasound the flexor tendons in 6 months.

We may possibly have some photos of the actual surgery to post soon.

Kaitlin Boling has a new lesson horse and will now be giving lessons year round.

Snickers Is Home!!!

Hooray! I've heard he's doing well and I'll post details and hopefully photos later:)

The Day After

Here are some photos that Tammy took this afternoon of Snickers, the day after his surgery. He looks great!

Will Be Posting an Update

Dr. Cindy Backus will be sending an update on Snickers later today and photos of the surgery. I've added a link to Country Side Veterinary's website on the side bar, too. When I receive Dr. Backus's article, I will copy and paste it here so be looking for it. ~Sande

Snicker's surgery is today. I will keep you all posted on his progress.
This from Tammy a few minutes ago and I'm hoping to have an update from Dr. Backus to post later today:

Snickers just got out of surgery!! Yeah.The vet said he did great & is already up.We should get to pick him up on Monday,she wants to go ahead & keep him over the weekend but she says he should make a full recovery.Thanks to everyone that has been asking about him, they really become part of the family.

Benefit for Snickers~Saturday the 18th

Snickers, the "man" of the hour!

Photos from the top (L - R):

1)Tammy Shipley and Vickie Switzer are creating some luscious smelling concessions.

2)Edwin, Merritt and Ali seem to be having as much fun as work at the trailer wash.

3)Kim Howard and Buster give a first ride to a young horse fan:)

4)Cherie Oswald,  Don Estock and Kaitlin Boling greeting customers at the bake sale.

5)Chris Shipley takes time out for a buggy ride with the amazing Catherine Albert. She is just 13 and she trains and shows these minis!

6)Catherine has also taught the minis a few other tricks! This little mare is her favorite.

7) Kaitlin standing in front of the signs that show all of the fun, goodies and services available.

8) Snickers greets some new fans! He seemed to know that he was the star of this show!

You can see these photos larger in my facebook album/click here.