posted about an hour ago:
Many of you have been asking how Remmer injured himself and if it is something that you could learn from. It is still not understood exactly how he cut his leg so badly, but here are the events leading up to his accident.
Amy was riding Remmer on the track up at the Performance Barn. Part of the track was blocked off so she cantered over the small bank and Remmer fumbled. He didn't go down, but was three-legged when he stopped. Amy got off and was shocked to see the gash across the tendons of his left hind leg, just below the hock. She sent for me urgently and we just could not figure out how he cut himself there - nothing on the ground that could of hurt him and he didn't hit the ground. So we think he might have struck himself some how, it's very odd, especially to hit that spot, or else it's a horrible kind of tear. Xrays showed no damage to the bone, thank goodness.
We immediately got the red light on it (Photonic Health) and the bleeding stopped, the vet was there within 20 mins and he was at the hospital within the hour - all very fortuitous.
Amy of course felt terrible but I put her straight on that. The great news is that she loves him so much and will be a big part of nursing him through his recovery. We are all dedicated to this great horse, and we're putting in every effort to ensure his best recovery.
As you know we had to leave last night for Europe, and arriving in Italy to find these texts from Lyndsey was fantastic:
"Dr Adams is impressed with his spirit and comfort, said he was even picking up his right hind and stomping flies (it's his LH that's injured). He was also impressed with how well Jim's shoe has worked."
"Jim said he is 3 x stronger in his LH today!"
"Rem is frisky and moving double speed today"
Thank you everyone for your healing thoughts, and also all our co-healers on project Rem.
Linda Parelli
