Tammy Breckenridge
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
We have so many creative people on this board that I know y'all can help me out! I need to write a short story about what happened to my gelding Ian and his treatment he received at UGA Vet School but I am horrid at writing and it needs to be a short paragraph to fit on a calendar page for their success stories calender. So here is his story (long version) so feel free to edit it down for me please!
On April 19, 2009 my gelding Ventura's Ima Bold and Buckeroo Too(Ian) and my stallion MCC's Robin Hoods Golden Boy(GB) were involved in a trailer accident on the way to a fun show in Conyers, GA. What happened inside of the trailer we will never know, I just know that when we got to the show grounds and open the trailer it became one of the worst days of my life. GB was laying on the trailer floor with his right hind cannon bone severed but still alive and Ian was standing beside him apparently unhurt. The call went out to the show vet for the horse park and she arrived and began to work to stabilize GB when they started to unload Ian it was discovered he to had a severely fractured cannon bone in his hind leg.(many people mobilized from the riding club and vendors to help us) After both of them were stabilized and loaded back into the trailer (I road with them this time) the call went out to UGA Vet School to notify them of our arrival. They were in full trauma mode when we arrived and had both boys xrayed and medicated within 45 minutes of our arrival. All of the faculty, students and staff were so supportive that day when the doctors can out and informed me that they couldn't save GB due to lack of repairable blood vessels to his hoof and they thought Ian had about a 5 to 10% chance of survival with surgery. As I grieved the loss of one of my Ian they whisked Ian into surgery where he would stay for over 4 hours. He emerged with 4 plates and 14 screws holding hid cannon bone together and some bone marrow as "Spackle" to fill in the holes. After the surgery they told me the biggest problems he was facing were infection in the wound and in the bone and founder (think Barbero) Due to their excellent care and Ians willingness to put up with daily antibiotic infusions at the surgery site for 2 weeks they bummed his survival to 35%. Ian solved the founder problem like most minis would by sleeping as much as he ever did, which is to say about 10 hours a day During our whole stay (over a month) everyone at UGA was helpful and supportive, kept me in the loop and always had Ians best interest in mind. After many rechecks one plate was removed last month and he has been given the thumbs up to go back to training.
OK guys help!
Thanks
Tammy
btw here is a picture of Ian a few days out of surgery with his cast on. Im hoping to get some new improved pictures this weekend if the weather holds.
We have so many creative people on this board that I know y'all can help me out! I need to write a short story about what happened to my gelding Ian and his treatment he received at UGA Vet School but I am horrid at writing and it needs to be a short paragraph to fit on a calendar page for their success stories calender. So here is his story (long version) so feel free to edit it down for me please!
On April 19, 2009 my gelding Ventura's Ima Bold and Buckeroo Too(Ian) and my stallion MCC's Robin Hoods Golden Boy(GB) were involved in a trailer accident on the way to a fun show in Conyers, GA. What happened inside of the trailer we will never know, I just know that when we got to the show grounds and open the trailer it became one of the worst days of my life. GB was laying on the trailer floor with his right hind cannon bone severed but still alive and Ian was standing beside him apparently unhurt. The call went out to the show vet for the horse park and she arrived and began to work to stabilize GB when they started to unload Ian it was discovered he to had a severely fractured cannon bone in his hind leg.(many people mobilized from the riding club and vendors to help us) After both of them were stabilized and loaded back into the trailer (I road with them this time) the call went out to UGA Vet School to notify them of our arrival. They were in full trauma mode when we arrived and had both boys xrayed and medicated within 45 minutes of our arrival. All of the faculty, students and staff were so supportive that day when the doctors can out and informed me that they couldn't save GB due to lack of repairable blood vessels to his hoof and they thought Ian had about a 5 to 10% chance of survival with surgery. As I grieved the loss of one of my Ian they whisked Ian into surgery where he would stay for over 4 hours. He emerged with 4 plates and 14 screws holding hid cannon bone together and some bone marrow as "Spackle" to fill in the holes. After the surgery they told me the biggest problems he was facing were infection in the wound and in the bone and founder (think Barbero) Due to their excellent care and Ians willingness to put up with daily antibiotic infusions at the surgery site for 2 weeks they bummed his survival to 35%. Ian solved the founder problem like most minis would by sleeping as much as he ever did, which is to say about 10 hours a day During our whole stay (over a month) everyone at UGA was helpful and supportive, kept me in the loop and always had Ians best interest in mind. After many rechecks one plate was removed last month and he has been given the thumbs up to go back to training.
OK guys help!
Thanks
Tammy
btw here is a picture of Ian a few days out of surgery with his cast on. Im hoping to get some new improved pictures this weekend if the weather holds.