Re: RC: Update on Donte/new project horse

[RhndLev@cs.com]

In a message dated 8/8/00 12:56:22 PM Central Daylight Time, 
ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com writes:

<< now when I massage it, I
 can feel a small nodule inside that rolls around.  >>

Can I jump in here?  Special was injured about three weeks ago in a fight 
with another mare.  Her off front leg was the same size from knee to fetlock. 
 Vet found no broken bones and said there was no tendon involvement, but did 
not do a sonogram.  Is it possible to know there is no tendon involvement 
without a sonogram?  

In any case, I have been massaging and running icy cold water on her leg in a 
pulsing stream for 5-15 minutes a day twice a day.  I attempted to stall her 
and she began pawing and pacing and the swelling in her leg increased, so I 
turned her back out on pasture.  The swelling on her leg is almost gone and 
her leg is at about the same point as in the quote above.  On the inside her 
leg just to the side of cannon there is a small knot that rolls just a 
little, but there is also a small swelling that remains on her knee.  She is 
sound at the walk and trot, but trots much slower than her norm and has not 
been performing her gait in the pasture (she's a TWH).  Is there anything 
else that I should be doing for my horse -- other than continuing to avoid 
riding her?

Rhonda and Special