Amanda Seater
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Post by Amanda Seater on Dec 3, 2012 12:45:13 GMT 1
Jan had a nasty fall from Lucas last Thursday and has fractured her cheek bone in 3 places. She is being looked at in hospital again today prior to surgery.
Healing thoughts.
seeing her that way has made me consider the evanescent nature of our mortality.
modified for spelling of evanescent! ephemeral
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Post by basilhorse on Dec 3, 2012 12:47:25 GMT 1
Get well soon Jan. That sounds very painful (((gentle hugs)))
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Post by jill on Dec 3, 2012 12:49:17 GMT 1
Ooh ouch, that sounds nasty. Hope she is feeling better soon - will send her an email
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Post by K8 on Dec 3, 2012 12:58:43 GMT 1
Ohhhh ouchy!!!!
Hope you're feeling better really soon. xxx
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Post by dalesfan on Dec 3, 2012 13:13:35 GMT 1
Get well soon xx
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Post by cheekychops on Dec 3, 2012 13:14:51 GMT 1
Oh no poor Jan! That does sound ouchy - hope surgery goes well and you are on the mend soon xx
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 13:17:56 GMT 1
ouch I hope you feel better soon Jan xx
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Post by curlytobiano on Dec 3, 2012 13:56:03 GMT 1
Ow! Poor Janwilky! So sorry to hear that, and she was doing so well with Lucas too. Really hope she is more comfortable and on the mend very soon.
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Post by Lulu on Dec 3, 2012 14:00:36 GMT 1
Healing thoughts sent to Janwilky... hope this doesn't set her back with Lucas.. was it an accidental fall, or did he try to get her off ?
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Post by jennyb on Dec 3, 2012 14:17:34 GMT 1
Oh gosh, that sounds nasty! Hope she's ok soon x
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Amanda Seater
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Post by Amanda Seater on Dec 3, 2012 14:22:42 GMT 1
As far as can Jan knows Lucas over reached onto his trial hoof boots and got in a panic....... an accident......... I just wish he would learn to react in a less excessive manner!
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Post by Lulu on Dec 3, 2012 14:26:30 GMT 1
OOps, maybe a warning for some of us trying a hoofboot for first time on a horse ? I've been lucky that mine aren't fussed over them, but can imagine to some horses they could panic if overreached onto hoofboot and it felt like their feet were trapped by something it couldn't feel properly ?
Sending more healing vibes to Jan's face x x
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Post by janwilky on Dec 3, 2012 14:35:11 GMT 1
Thanks everyone, and glad you think I'm evanescent Amanda ;D. Had to do a virtual grin as a real one is an impossibility right now, or pretty much any other facial expression come to think of it . I've lost 4 lb in 4 days despite the combined efforts of Ru and two lovely neighbours to pump pureed food into me, but eating is slow and painful and talking is very difficult, though both are a bit better already. I can't close my mouth and one side of my face is sporting some interesting colours so I look pretty gruesome, though the rugby ball swelling is starting to go down thank goodness. It was a bit of a freak accident but it also highlighted the fact that Lucas still has the capacity to explode in panic when things don't go according to plan. I've been trying out hoof boots for him. He's been barefoot 3 years and never needed them but the recent wet weather has coincided with a big increase in his workload as I've been hacking him out properly for the first time in two years and he's been feeling his soggy frogs/heels a bit. We've had the odd issue out hacking, mainly coming downhill, but he's been doing fabulously well both alone and in sensible company and both our confidence has come on in leaps and bounds. But the feet were holding us back and he needed consistent work, so I got Epics on trial for him. I'd already ridden him once successfully in just front boots (I was struggling to fit the hinds) and was going out for a second try. My intention was to go for a decent trot on the lane and see if his hinds were OK unbooted. But it was such a lovely afternoon and we were both so relaxed and enjoying ourselves that we ended up taking a different route across the fields and there is a place in a neighbour's orchard where there is a short, uphill, dryish canter opportunity. I needed to know whether he was OK cantering in the boots and I thought there'd never be a better place to try it out as it was short and steep enough to ensure he wouldn't pick up too much speed. So we had a couple of strides of trot and then - massive bucking fit!! He often bucks at first in canter so I just tried to send him forward as that usually stops it, but it just got worse and worse. He was hardly going forward at all, but bucking like a serious bronco horse. The last thing I remember was looking right down the length of his arched back and neck and thinking 'this isn't a sittable buck'. And then I was waking up in a dark room thinking 'thank goodness that was only a nightmare as I'd hate it all to go pear-shaped with Lucas now'. Then the lights started coming back on and I slowly realised I was in the orchard and it wasn't a nightmare! I don't know exactly what happened, but I may have gone over his head and got caught up in his front feet, or possibly even trodden on. He had overreached and trodden on the backs of both front boots, which I think is what sent him into a blind panic - he is a claustrophobic horse at the best of times and it's not the first time he's panicked and exploded when feeling trapped, though I thought we had left these extreme reactions behind by now. Last time it happened was two years ago and the trigger was completely different but the reaction was very similar, though luckily I wasn't hurt that time. But I didn't ride him between then and this summer, when he spent two months at Amanda's. To say I'm gutted to be back to square one goes without saying, as we've been down such a long road together. The change in him when he does that is like the flipping of a switch - one minute we were ambling along on a long rein, me singing in the sunshine, clambering on and off at gates with no problems at all. The next minute I'm a predator on his back and his only intention is to get me off as fast as possible. Somehow, despite hardly having any vision, I managed to phone my lovely neighbour who came racing through the fields to me, already on the phone insisting that only an air ambulance would get to where we were! I was horrified at first, but so relieved when I saw it, and by that time she'd untacked Lucas and taken his boots off. The helicopter hardly bothered him at all . She then led him home across the fields with just the reins wrapped around his neck, saw to the horses and my dog and drove all the way to Shrewsbury where Ru met us. Such a fantastic neighbour and friend! Will know more this afternoon about what needs to be done to mend my face. As for Lucas, I haven't seen him yet other than out of the window but Ru says he seems fine. What to do next with him is another matter but I'm not giving up on him, even if I decide it's too risky to ride him. I'll be looking for thoughts on that in due course I strongly suspect! Oddly enough I don't feel particularly unnerved, but I do feel responsible, not least of all for Ru's sake. There you go Amanda, I told you I was incapable of telling a short story ;D
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Post by cheekychops on Dec 3, 2012 14:45:15 GMT 1
Oh my gosh Jan - that sounds truly terrifying. You are incredibly brave. I now have visions of you appearing in the next series of "Helicopter Rescue"!! Good luck this afternoon - make sure to come away with plenty of painkillers in the meantime. xx
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Amanda Seater
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Post by Amanda Seater on Dec 3, 2012 14:46:19 GMT 1
Yes Jan effluvient and evanescent. Nothing wrong with a long story!
I am sure you could get effervescent with a little champagne - we may wait a while for that one!
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