Xrays Update

From the inside-out

What a laminitic (post) hoof looks like almost 3 years later

Yup...almost 3 freaking years later.

Oct 2009 is when he first got ill, so this Oct will be 3 yrs

Medial view of RH

Big chip in his hoof wall, which is dead hoof wall

Under run, crushed heels

Wavy tubules

Odd toe

**The purple marks you see is leftover from thrush treatment I jam into his exposed white line

It's interesting to see how his lateral side visibly looks different than his medial

From the back

Low crushed under run heel

And now, the INSIDE view;

Updated digital xrays

Lots of toe to be removed which is interesting because his hoof LOOKS soooo small from the outside. How much can one take away before it compromising the horse's weight on a small hoof?

His coffin bone still has that 'elf' tip which is osteoporosis 

And that sole-THIN! Could be because of the thick hoof wall issues, thrush, bacteria, etc in that hoof

You can see view from the top of coffin bone, how it's tipped medially as well (in picture towards the right side) See?

Shot from the front; you can see he is still rotated medially (inward)

and sole-is oh my, still thin thin thin thin thin thin

sigh

If you are interested in comparison shots; click HERE for Xrays from 2010/2011

It is somewhat frustrating to not be further along with his hoof progress despite our, and other's best efforts. 

BUT, I have to remain confident in the people I chose to hire, so again, we now have a new plan.

I'm SO hoping this works

Updated Plan is;

Get Laz now on Ixosuprine   

I tried the all natural Jiaogulan since November, with no change so it's out.

After trimming all hooves and paring back the hoof wall to connective tissue, we soaked his hoof for 40 minutes in clean trax, dried off, and applied No Thrush (the purple markings) before getting ready to cast his hoof.

Yup, cast his hoof!

Below, applying the bonding glue to hoof wall, to adhere cast to it

Glue gunk

 Keeping Laz busy with some hay while M applied the casting wrap securely.

At this point, we were already at over 2 hours, so Laz was getting antsy

All for you my sweet boy!

 Laz trying to lick/bite his soaking boot off! 

We soaked his club in clean trax after the RH

Say Hello to Equicast

Finished and casted. It's actually more black than purple

Fingers crossed it stays on for minimal 2 weeks, hopefully more like 6!!!

It's intended to help his compromised hoof wall structure and encourage support/growth and comfort.

Laz standing on it, on a pad to allow the cast to harden/form around his hoof shape and sole.

He seemed VERY comfortable in it and when walking out, lifted his toe instead of dragging it.

A good sign, that hopefully he'll walk better, which will in turn build up the back of his hoof/heel/digital cushion/lateral cartilage/stimulate better hoof growth and more soundness and a better sole=better hoof. 

Is that a lot to ask for? lol

Once we were done, Laz was feeling quite good

He enjoyed a fat boy PLOP and rolled

Happy puppy horse

 Mid puppy Shake

Tomorrow I'll go back to make sure he's still happy/comfy.

I also got the OK to "get on and RIDE him"

(We are talking soft grounds at the walk unless he wants to trot and to stay off the gravel roads for now)

It's OK, I'll take what I can get as long as he's comfortable

We are also backing out our trims to allow more growth in between.

Something that's different for me. Instead of every 4 weeks, we are going 6ish.

This will be interesting to see how/if it works, but I'm hopeful it will and trust my new trimmer's knowledge and background.

Stay tuned!