Tuesday, January 20, 2009

hack didn't happen...

all ready, hanving about outside with teh barn all locked up, redy for the appointed time. Molly relatively happy as she was grazing ont he grass round the paddock edges (there's none in the field) but I was getting colder & colder...

when they were 20 minutes late, i decided to just ride int eh arena and see whether they turned up - also being ocnscious that I had to be home no later than 12.

but by then, i was pretty cooold - so didn't do a huge amount of anything much, just enough to say i'd got on.

when got off, unlocked the place and tied molly up, got phone out - text to say it was too icey where they were coming from, so not coming, sent half hour after appointed time to arrive at my yard....

ah well.

and I'll have to have the vet out. Molly's legs were swollen yesterday, with having been kept in, including a front one.

tonight, hosed and washed (left with thermatex leg wraps on) - not mud fever, but losing hair, some bare skin, so definitely vet back out. vet coming friday anyway, and the consencus is that it can be left until tehn (share the call out...) - we think it's the lymphangitis recurring, but not sure. definitely not mud fever.

difficulty - i HAVE to turn out, to get the swelling back down again, so in the morning i'll clag all the affected areas up with (probably) sudocrem, which will act as a barrier. lovely

3 comments:

Stephanie said...

Poor Molly, puffy legs again :(
Hopefully it'll be easier to sort out this time.

That's a bit inconsiderate of the people coming to hack out with you. If they sent a text that means a mobile phone - so why didn't they call sooner?

Claire said...

yea well - she's about 30 years younger than me, go figure...

Jean said...

That wasn't really very fair. If it was icy, they should have let you know sooner.

At least you got some time in with Molly. Worrisome about her legs. Just goes to show how important turnout can be. Hope she is better soon.