Day #2

Hee, hee. I couldn't think of any other title. :)

Peaches is doing better today. Last night we gave her some "horsey Tylenol", put some DMSO on her leg and wrapped it in a splint boot. This morning I had to get up at 6:30 so I would have time to take care of the animals and still have time to get ready for church but I did pretty much the same thing except I first bathed her leg with soap and water to get the DMSO off, then I soaked her leg in an Epsom salt solution for 20 minutes; following it up with more DMSO, putting the splint boot back on and giving her another dose of "Tylenol". It's actually something called Butte but its basically just Tylenol for horses; it numbs the pain for them. It's interesting trying to get her to take it. :) You give it to the horse orally so you have to keep their head still while shoving a huge syringe towards the back of the throat, squirting it quickly and then hoping that you got it far enough back to keep them from spitting it out. Fun, fun, fun.

She was looking great by mid-afternoon. The swelling has gone down, she'd been putting weight on it and you can touch her leg without her flinching.
Tomorrow we're going to try doing nothing but the DMSO and seeing how she does because she is healing up very quickly.

In case you're wondering what in the world DMSO is I'll give you a quick fill in.
DMSO is a hot/cold liniment that you put on sore joints. I don't know what the DMSO stands for though. It's really weird putting it on her because you can actually feel the heat right through your glove. That stuff gets hot! and then if you rub it in long enough then it will suddenly feel really cold. You do have to be really careful with it though; if you get it on you then it seeps into the pores on your skin and you end up tasting garlic for a week. When you open up the jar you smell a disgustingly overpowering smell of garlic. I like the smell of garlic but... not quite that much. :)

We will still have to keep off of her for about two weeks still but....guess what?
We just might, might being the key word here, be getting another horse! Miss Jennifer is looking at a couple of free horses, an Arabian, a Tennessee Walker/Freisan cross, and a thoroughbred. So who knows what will happen around here!

I'll try to write again tomorrow to let you know how Peaches is faring.

~B#2