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Hello List. Willi Fjord is up and about, trying to coordinate his front end with his back end. He has had a monster size pee, so that is good. It was not a tumor. It was an infection that had eaten away at the coffin bone. He has a hole at the apex of his frog the size of between a quarter and a half dollar. He is on antibiotic, and they are culturing the yuck to see how better to treat it. We have 2 hurdles to overcome. Well 3 I guess. The coffin bone may break before it re-calcifies. The infection may spread to the joint. We need to be granulating and showing healthy tissue in a couple weeks to a month. He gets his hospital plate on Thursday I think. Maybe late tomorrow. He is bandaged up to stop the bleeding right now. He still looks to come home Thursday. We will never know the cause of this. The vet's best guess was that it had been going on for months. He told me to stock up on Elastikon, sterile gauze pads, saline solution, and duct tape. They will show me what to do with the hospital plate when they put it on. The good news is that his hoof wall was not affected, and his laminae are fine. If you could continue to hold good thoughts for my Big Butter Cookie, I would appreciate it. I was hoping for tumor removal, done and over, lots of nursing care, and a healthy horse. I go back for visiting hour at 4, so if there is anything new I will let you know. Thanks for everything. Kathy in SC and Wm Fjord in NC, who is wondering why he can't remember the party, what's all this stuff on my hoof, and where the heck is Horsekeeping with my breakfast, dammit. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
