It was
great to welcome the lovely Shilpa back to the yard on Wednesday. She has been at the vets in Newbury
(O’Gorman, Slater & Main) since her last run at Southwell on 4th
March where she was running well until she was struck into and 30% of her
tendon was severed. This is an
improvement on the original estimate of 75% of her tendon. Shilpa was wearing hardback tendon boots to
help protect from this type of injury but the impact went in just above the
boot and then in underneath. Very
unfortunate.
This
type of injury can be life threatening and luckily it was only 30% damage. The more it is, the more trouble you are in
plus there is also the threat of infection in the tendon sheath with a greater
risk on her life. After she was
stabilised at Southwell racecourse, we drove straight to the Equine Hospital in
Newbury and dropped Shilpa off. It
became apparent after 24hrs that she did have an infection so she underwent a
general anaesthetic to have the sheath flushed out (with 30 litres of
saline!). Shilpa has pulled through
remarkably well and she has certainly been in very good hands as they have been
on the case for everything and the treatment has been second to none.
Tracey
Sloan, who is part of EPDS Racing, and the equine advisor has been to see her
numerous times and given her a groom and some carrots, bought her a new rug and
checked up on her treatment and progress.
To be honest, I was dreading what colour the rug would be, as I know
Tracey had mentioned pink..…but luckily it is a dull pinky red rug so she is
allowed to keep it on!
For
those who know Shilpa, she is one hell of a roller who loves her straw bed
second to none so seeing her come back to her lovely clean and fluffed up
stable and immediately make it her own was truly amazing. Some pictures of her below. We shall be looking after her and hopefully
in the next few months update you on her progress and her road to recovery.
Lovely Shilpa, so glad she is back home!
ReplyDeleteNiki x