Slowly healing.....

Latest vet visit today for Fi's dressing change. It was supposed to be x-rays for Rosie too but apparently the portable x-ray machine was "booked out"..... so we'll try again next week.

Anyway, the photos aren't great but the healing is happening slowly.

Last week there was a clear "depression" in the middle of the wound (where the deepest cut was). This week it is more of a dimple. And when the vet went to trim the proud flesh back a bit, Fi reacted which means there are nerves in there.

So we are talking 2 to 4 more dressing changes before we can be dressing-free, and she needs to be dressing-free before she can go out.

In the meantime Duds has been a bit foot sore on hard surfaces (concrete or frozen ground). Bute helps. But the vet checked him with hoof testers and there was no reaction, so it is maybe just old age and being stuck in more than usual.

Having said that, both Duds and Rosie wanted in to their stables this afternoon despite it being fairly sunny. The wind is getting up and despite having put haynets out for them, they were happier in with their own hay.

Farrier is due in a few weeks time so I'll keep an eye in Duds and see what she says.