Still pending. That is, of Cassie's lameness workup. Basically, she had 2 weeks off prior to the lameness eval (by request of vet) so by the time vet came, she was barely lame. Left front, and worse when tracking right. Not lame enough to do a nerve block- horse has to be lame enough for nerve block to show a distinguishable change, if it is going to. Hooves tested negative with hoof testers. Pulled shoes, and pad on left, did hoof testing again- still no response. Took xrays of both hooves. And here is where it gets interesting:
On the skyline view- the left front coffin bone appears to have some demineralization (degeneration) present. On the lateral view, the same bone has an osteophyte on the solar plane of the coffin bone.
Or so we think. Vet wants to be 100% sure so sent to radiologist who specializes in reading hoof xrays.
So that is the thought- nothing beyond it. Depending on what we get back from the specialist, we may well have to induce the lameness to do the nerve block.
I found a great farrier looking to work directly with the vet as a partnership to help my girl. I've given him all the info I have, and he's going to work on her today- see if we can't get her comfortable. He has rave reviews, and I like all the hooves I've seen him work on. It should be a good thing!
So for now....lame, but barely so. Hopefully that will change.
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