Blister Week of July 22nd...PICS

Blistering Winds · 07-22-2007, 01:24 PM

Well, all is going even better.

we WILL lose and currently losing the skin from the pasterns down. Hooves are still intact though.

Very sore in the right hind today, but swelling is still looking great!

He is on Pred, Bute, and tucoprim still. (sp?) But I didn't see Dex listed on the treatment board when I went out there today.

Just watching him, it looks to be more hip related.....however touch the pasterns and he trys to get away as fast as he can. So the leg itself is still tender But he can't rotate his hip very well to move away. He has issues stretching it directly back....

nose bridge is still swollen, but I think it is from the damage from the purpura when he was busting vessels up there...

Under his face, it is still puffier than usual....

Now, this foot has had scar tissue before....not had much hair in the past....

but looking at it, the skin is cracking off....this one is the worst one of all his feet.

HEY Look at me!!!

lacy · 07-22-2007, 01:31 PM

Well, I'm glad to see his pretty face

Let me ask though- what is going on with his pasterns and loosing skin?? is that from the swelling? or did I miss something else?

Stormyheart6160 · 07-22-2007, 01:32 PM

For what all Blister has been thru BW.....I think he looks pretty darn good!!!! That one foot that has lost the hair, looks the same way as all 4 of Blossums.

What are the reasons that he can't move his hip very well?? Does HPV attack the muscle or bones?

Deb · 07-22-2007, 01:37 PM

He' s been through so much...poor boy!! He looks pretty good ... considering!! I hope he continues to improve daily.

Blistering Winds · 07-22-2007, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lacy

Well, I'm glad to see his pretty face

Let me ask though- what is going on with his pasterns and loosing skin?? is that from the swelling? or did I miss something else?

From the swelling, cracking the pasterns to smitherines. All 4 have the chapping and yuck on them....that one is the worst though...

Lacy......

The immune system, as the vet explained it, attacks the muscles. And much of the swelling focused in on the hock...especially that hock.

I haven't put him on glucosamine/msm/hyA (whatever the abbreviation for it is)

but later this week, I'll put him on it. I waited a bit, to see what the pred would do.

4hooves4me2 · 07-22-2007, 01:46 PM

wow, he looks so much better-

Between you and Stormy...it is going to be a draw at whose horse looses the most skin I think...

I hope he continues on a healing track..

HorseGurly143 · 07-22-2007, 01:52 PM

I am so glad to hear he is getting better! Is pred. like prednisone (sp?) in people? Every day I come on here I check for an update! I am glad I got one today!

oldhorsehome · 07-22-2007, 02:24 PM

Wow! He's looking great, all things considered. What an ordeal you and he have been through. I've been keeping up with the updates and it's so good to see him looking like a horse again!!

lacy · 07-22-2007, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blistering Winds

From the swelling, cracking the pasterns to smitherines. All 4 have the chapping and yuck on them....that one is the worst though...

Lacy......

The immune system, as the vet explained it, attacks the muscles. And much of the swelling focused in on the hock...especially that hock.

I haven't put him on glucosamine/msm/hyA (whatever the abbreviation for it is)

but later this week, I'll put him on it. I waited a bit, to see what the pred would do.

oooo, okay. I have been trying to keep track from the distance and learning many things along the way. I figured that was the reason for loosing skin- but wasn't sure.

Chelle2005 · 07-22-2007, 03:43 PM

He is looking better Michelle, I am glad to see pics of him and that he is doing better!!! Way to go Blister

07-22-2007, 01:24 PM	#1
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 32,425 Images: 864 Blog Entries: 18	Blister Week of July 22nd...PICS Well, all is going even better. we WILL lose and currently losing the skin from the pasterns down. Hooves are still intact though. Very sore in the right hind today, but swelling is still looking great! He is on Pred, Bute, and tucoprim still. (sp?) But I didn't see Dex listed on the treatment board when I went out there today. Just watching him, it looks to be more hip related.....however touch the pasterns and he trys to get away as fast as he can. So the leg itself is still tender But he can't rotate his hip very well to move away. He has issues stretching it directly back.... nose bridge is still swollen, but I think it is from the damage from the purpura when he was busting vessels up there... Under his face, it is still puffier than usual.... Now, this foot has had scar tissue before....not had much hair in the past.... but looking at it, the skin is cracking off....this one is the worst one of all his feet. HEY Look at me!!! __________________ Can I have a midlife crisis now?

07-22-2007, 01:31 PM	#2
lacy Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NW GA Posts: 3,748 Images: 1128 Blog Entries: 4	Well, I'm glad to see his pretty face Let me ask though- what is going on with his pasterns and loosing skin?? is that from the swelling? or did I miss something else? __________________ www.brechtstables.org RIP little Nemo... we love you "No mother should have to bury their own son" (My great grandmother)

07-22-2007, 01:32 PM	#3
Stormyheart6160 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Blue Mound, Kansas Posts: 5,565 Images: 52 Blog Entries: 1	For what all Blister has been thru BW.....I think he looks pretty darn good!!!! That one foot that has lost the hair, looks the same way as all 4 of Blossums. What are the reasons that he can't move his hip very well?? Does HPV attack the muscle or bones? __________________ I am 100% ANTI slaughter of our horses!!! And, PROUD of it. I fight to preserve life, not destroy it needlessly. Not every living being on this earth exists to pay homage to or serve as indentured servants to humans!

07-22-2007, 01:46 PM	#6
4hooves4me2 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: INDIANA, about 1 hour W. of Indianapolis. Posts: 2,879 Images: 195	wow, he looks so much better- Between you and Stormy...it is going to be a draw at whose horse looses the most skin I think... I hope he continues on a healing track.. __________________ Don't believe everything you think...or everything someone ELSE thinks... SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS... paddle faster...I hear banjos...

07-22-2007, 01:52 PM	#7
HorseGurly143 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Great Northwest, USA! Posts: 2,639 Images: 374 Blog Entries: 1	I am so glad to hear he is getting better! Is pred. like prednisone (sp?) in people? Every day I come on here I check for an update! I am glad I got one today! __________________ ~ Caitlin ~ Member of the 20lb club Starting weight: 210 Current weight:179 Goal weight: 132

07-22-2007, 01:37 PM	#4
Deb Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,732 Images: 2	He' s been through so much...poor boy!! He looks pretty good ... considering!! I hope he continues to improve daily.

07-22-2007, 02:24 PM	#8
oldhorsehome Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 2,946 Images: 404 Blog Entries: 7	Wow! He's looking great, all things considered. What an ordeal you and he have been through. I've been keeping up with the updates and it's so good to see him looking like a horse again!! __________________ All that is gold does not glitter, and all that glitters is not gold.

07-22-2007, 03:43 PM	#10
Chelle2005 Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,179 Images: 70	He is looking better Michelle, I am glad to see pics of him and that he is doing better!!! Way to go Blister __________________ RIP IBN FUKSET (BUBBA) 06/06/93 - 04/11/07 Proud Member of the FF Club I have been snowballed I have been elfed

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