WARNING ..GRAPHIC PICS !!! I might have to put him down...any ideas ?!

[scrambledmess]

Oh my! I hope you find a solution. Such a beautiful animal

So sad!

 

[Brindlebtch]

Oh Mrs Glassman!

 

[Mrs. Glassman]

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I know, I know....

But it's worth a shot if all else is failing. I worked at a hospital on a wound care team. We used this in diabetics who wouldn't heal. It ALWAYS gave me the hebbie-jebbies!

 

[cassie]

Try soaking with epsom salts between bandaging. Epsom salts is an old fashioned treatment but it works to draw out infections and pus by osmotic pressure. Make the water hot and put in as much epsom salts as will dissolve. Then saturate a towel with the solution and put it on the wound and soak it. The suggestion to use WonderDust is a good one.

 

[19hhbelgian]

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I just read what your vet told you... I have no words right now

Sounds like you need to find a vet worth the money you pay them! Does he even have a degree? I'm sorry, but, Oh man, he would've had my foot somewhere awkward if it would've been me. Ok... I'm calming down a little bit...

I don't know how much $ you can or are willing to put into your boy, but if you're anything like me, you'll do what ever you can. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE look for a different vet with more knowledge.

Over the winter I had a percheron colic. I did what I would normally do, but it didn't work so out came my vet. Long story short, he had sand colic. We gave him I V fluids for a week straight, around the clock. Plus the vet was coming out daily to do a you know what exam. In the end, we did everything in our power to help Lager through the colic, and never once did the vet tell us to put him down. He ended up going ceptic, and I had to make the dreaded call, but even then, she said even though we were doing this, it was the last thing we could do to help Lager. He went to heaven that night, and all 3 of us cried for him, but we did everything to help him. The vet was a cheering section for us and Log - they never gave us an ultimatum like "by the end of the week"...

You need a vet that cares... Keep going, posting on here for more advice and help was a wonderful step towards helping your boy

 

[unionwirewoman]

Some were asking as to what antibiotics he is on .

1. he is on phenylbutazone , uniprim , and will be on intraveinious penacylin .

2. his bandages are changed every 1-2 days as per vets orders . The vet did not say to clean the wound .

3. the cream that is put on is silver sulfadiazine ( a burn ointment ) that discourages infection .

I don't think everyone can see by these photos , but it is alot worse than what you think . This happened 5 days ago.....and has been treated from day 1 . This is not a cut...this is a life threatening cut that goes almost into his joint , and if infection starts there is nothing anyone can do . I'm sorry to be so blunt , but I'm sick to my stomach at more than likely losing my best friend . I will take every suggestion to heart , within reason . ( we have both been off of work for 8 months , so I can't spend thousands of dollars to fix him .)

 

[humboldtchicken]

go with the others said about the epsom salt, it has worked wonders for us and our animals..plus the antibiotics. everyday rerapping. as far as wounds go, they cant clean it good like cats can. good luck.

 

[unionwirewoman]

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Wish we had the option of finding a different vet . Unfortunately we'd have to drive 200 miles to maybe find 2 . My friend called the day of the accident to see if they could come out . They only had one vet and he was busy . No-one else within 200 miles cares for large animals with wounds this extensive . We spent 5 hours at the vet that day . They had to give her horse 5 sedatives because the vet kept leaving us to "attend" other horses....like ours weren't bad enough off....one came in to get proud flesh cut off . Ticks me off that we had to pay for extra sedatives too ! We were there first ! That wasn't my first 5 hour visit though .

 

[Cara]

This may sound absurd, but my Bloodhound had a dreadful open wound from a necrotic rattlesnake bite that went all the way from her chin to her chest. The vet had me clean it two or three times a day with a debriding solution (I believe it was some kind of bovine bolus dissolved in water), and apply Preparation H throughly over the wound. It shrunk the wound and allowed the skin to grow back quicker, and she is fine other than an ugly scar.

If it were my horse i'd be considering asking another vet to look at it, nothing ventured nothing gained.

ETA Another excellent product if you can get the infection and dead tissue out is EMT Gel. It truly does work, we use it all the time.

http://www.emtgel.com/testimonials/14.php

 

[Mrs. Glassman]

I feel your pain on the money issue. It's hard when something you love/enjoy is hurt like that & your hands are pretty much tied due to the cost involved.

We all try to give our animals the best we can, and sometimes due to things we never imagined would happen, we are thrown for a loop & it's heart-wrenching.

Some would be negative & say that you have to spend thousands of $$ to fix it, even if it means you go into forclosure on your home.... and some would yell "put it down!" at the first sign of trouble.

What you can put into the animal is for no one else but you to decide.

This is a hard thing to go through, and all I can do is be here to support whatever decision you have to make. I wish you all the good I can send your way, a speedy recovery for your horse, and all the understanding in my heart.

Good luck.