ankle

Leikani has had some soreness lately lately. Early on I gave her some bute and that seemed to clear it up. But it just never got completely better.Tami came out Friday and rode her. She said I'd better take her to Wichita. We went today. It was cold and wet much of the time. The horses were way out by the blacktop and I got soaked getting them. Leilani walked good until we turned for home and got on the mud. Then she started limping. Dr. John watched her walk for awhile and we went inside. He moved her leg around and the area right above her hoof, I guess her ankle, was a little sore. He took some x-rays and they showed a bone chip. I really didn't want to see that. Dr. John and Tami both told me she would be alright but it's hard for me to see any positives. We'll take her back in 2 weeks and she''l get an injection of hyuronic acid. That's a type of glucosimine. They both think it will work but I can't help but think that this is an herbal thing and Paula says they don't work. I took some glucosimine for my wrist once and it didn't work. Paula always used that for an example of how they won't work. So that's bothering me now. After the injection she'll get special shoes, a wedge shoe to correct her leg angle. She might have to wear them forever.