[RC] [RC] Horse w/ hematoma on butt/thigh (long) for Kim - oddfarm
Shortly, (meaning a day or two) after I bought
Money Pit (ahhh, let the bills begin), she was kicked in the back of her thigh.
Big hematoma. I tried bute, DMSO and exercise.
So we called the vet after about a month because
nothing was working and it looked ugly. He drained it and then put gauze in the
space between the skin and the muscle so that it would not fill up again. I was
to pull about 1-2 inches of the gauze out each day, (oh puke!) until it was
gone. He put in about a yard or so. After a few days I went out to pull
her tab the little bit I left out to grab was gone. Called the vet and he
said she probably pulled it out. I told him it was nowhere to be seen in the
pasture and to please come and look.
Sure enough, after poking and prodding, he pulled
out the remaining gauze. Jeeeeeeze that gives me the
heebie-jeebies just thinking about it. He re-stuffed her and left
me with the same directions.
I pulled out a little each day and along with it
came the fluid. It always seemed to be a relief for her. She was also on
antibiotics. After it was all gone, just a small bubble remained but
disappeared after a few weeks.
The only evidence of that incidence is that
it sweats before the rest of her body does. Or if it is cool out, and
we are riding it will be the only spot with sweat on it. Weird.
I have also used a drug, but I don't remember what
it was to get rid of one that was on the chest of a horse. That worked well,
also. We have never had a small hematoma that was free, only the huge ones that
cost money. ;-@ Ahhhaa!
