I've been forgetting to mention.
You know I keep my grandson on Fri. My DIL, Kristy always goes and rides her horse on that day. She usually goes to a ranch where she and my son ride alot and know all the people. Lots of times she'll work cows with them on Fri.'s
Well this Fri. she helped them get their cows gathere, and was off her horse helping give shots or something. A smallish size cow got rather wild and when they let is out of the shoot, it ran over her. I guess it was standing on her foot when she fell, so her whole leg got twisted. We think it has either torn legimates, or muscles in her knee. It is swollen and turning black. She has a good friend that is an RN. She said no matter which it is (she made the diagnoses) alternating moist heat and iceing it would be what the doctor's would tell her to do and stay off it.
Anyway the question now is, will it be well enough for her to do the clinic. This RN said if she stays off it for 2 wks she might be OK by then. How does a mother of an 18 month old stay off her leg? How is she going to get her horse in shape? I'm sure Kristy will go no matter what, she's pretty tough:), but just dam! What a bad time for this to happen.
Becky
What an awful thing to happen, the timing could not be worse.
Hope she is ok by the time the clinic comes around, but those kind of injuries can sometimes take longer than breaks to heal completly, or to use in the way she would want to.
I have just caught up with your post about your mare starting to show changes.........how exciting!
Dang. If it's just muscle it will heal faster than ligaments... and sometimes knee damage needs fixed by surgeons.
At least she's the rider and not the horse - she stands a chance of being able to ride it depending on how bad it was. Getting her a brace that will support it can't hurt.