And the vet came, and now We are Hot Pink
Feb. 22nd, 2006 04:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancinghorseThe vet was actually early today, considering he was originally going to be here yesterday. Capria has a very deep but fairly small cut that is clean, has no tendon damage, and will take two weeks to heal. She has antibiotics for four days, and a spiffy hot-pink bandage that is to be changed every couple of days. (She will then be Teal, as that's the color of my large stash of vetrap.)
The cotton he used for wrapping her leg, which is a thin layer of roll cotton inside two woven layers, is called gamgee. I like that.
And now we do meds twice daily with Ms. I Hate That Stuff In My Mouth, and limited turnout (she's in the paddock with keed, sound asleep--so much for moving around to get the swelling down), and bandage changes every two or three days, and no riding until the bandage comes off. And she will be Bored, but that's her own stupid fault. So there.
In the icon, please imagine that the area between the hock and pastern on the left hind is hot pink. That's Capria.
After the vet left, I messed with computers for a while, the Internet connection being down, and printed materials for Horse Camp. I have some spiffy things in that packet, if I say so myself. I (heart) my color printer. I also (heart) my wireless network. My camper will get the experience of bandage changes, medicating a horse, and other delights. We do aim to please.
Meanwhile Pooka is feeling the onslaught of Spring. I think there will be In-Hand Work next lesson day--it will keep his mind busy without overly challenging his feet. There will be Coronet-Band Massage, too, this having been suggested as a good way to encourage hoof growth. (It stimulates the circulation.)
No ride today. My brain is cream cheese. I do feel much better; hardly any shoulder or neck pain, but the tiredness and sense of not-quite-rightness is still there. One more day. Yes.
The cotton he used for wrapping her leg, which is a thin layer of roll cotton inside two woven layers, is called gamgee. I like that.
And now we do meds twice daily with Ms. I Hate That Stuff In My Mouth, and limited turnout (she's in the paddock with keed, sound asleep--so much for moving around to get the swelling down), and bandage changes every two or three days, and no riding until the bandage comes off. And she will be Bored, but that's her own stupid fault. So there.
In the icon, please imagine that the area between the hock and pastern on the left hind is hot pink. That's Capria.
After the vet left, I messed with computers for a while, the Internet connection being down, and printed materials for Horse Camp. I have some spiffy things in that packet, if I say so myself. I (heart) my color printer. I also (heart) my wireless network. My camper will get the experience of bandage changes, medicating a horse, and other delights. We do aim to please.
Meanwhile Pooka is feeling the onslaught of Spring. I think there will be In-Hand Work next lesson day--it will keep his mind busy without overly challenging his feet. There will be Coronet-Band Massage, too, this having been suggested as a good way to encourage hoof growth. (It stimulates the circulation.)
No ride today. My brain is cream cheese. I do feel much better; hardly any shoulder or neck pain, but the tiredness and sense of not-quite-rightness is still there. One more day. Yes.
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Date: 2006-02-22 04:24 pm (UTC)As for antibiotics -- anyway you can mask them in a nice messy bran mash with mollasses and apples or something? I am So. Past. fighting when I don't have to....
We were SO. Proud. of Juno who took four days of antibiotic eye gel like a pro after she cut her lid last week.
Best of luck! and have FUN at horsecamp!! ;D.
photoshop to the rescue!
Date: 2006-02-22 04:33 pm (UTC)for the subsequent days:
Re: photoshop to the rescue!
Date: 2006-02-22 05:49 pm (UTC)We are happily Icon-ed. And Iconic. :)
Re: photoshop to the rescue!
Date: 2006-02-23 01:49 am (UTC)Re: photoshop to the rescue!
Date: 2006-02-23 07:35 am (UTC)Re: photoshop to the rescue!
Date: 2006-02-23 08:38 am (UTC)thanks! ;)
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Date: 2006-02-23 08:40 am (UTC)Glad to bring some pleasure to your day! :)
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Date: 2006-02-23 10:32 am (UTC)I'm in the middle of my Horse Portion of the Manuscript, and wish to god I could have afforded to come down for horse camp. I'm working off thirty year old memories of how horses act and how to get up on 'em and such. I'm remembering a lot, surprisngly enough, but oy gevalt, I wish I had some real time horse stuff of a more recent vintage.
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Date: 2006-02-26 06:51 pm (UTC)I am sorry you couldn't make it. Maybe another time?
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Date: 2006-02-26 07:20 pm (UTC)When I finish the portion with horses (and understand, it's a fantasy-ish book, so there's some weird stuff going on), I'll send it down, and you can let me know how much, and I'll dump it in your account. Basically I'll need to know if the horses are acting and moving like horses, and if the riding bits read true.
I web surfed for Pretty Horses. I wrestled down the temptation to use one of your horses (as I can't even spell it), and ended up with two thoroughbreds (one black, one grey), two arabians, (blood bay and chestnut), an appaloosa, two standardbreds, and a Haflinger.
I love me some Halflingers.
Very pricey bunch of horses, but the arabians definitely had the best pictures on the web. And the black thoroughbred is gorgeous. I'll include the pics in the chapters. =D
I will be able to come down at some point, particularly if I get this new job. I'm not sure when I'll need to, as my stuff seems to be more in the 'living in San Francisco' kind of thing. But one never knows. And besides, it'd be fun.
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Date: 2006-02-27 09:00 am (UTC)Sure! Happy to help.
Weird stuff we're used to, we write weird, too. 8)
Fingers toes eyes crossed for the new job!