Sadness.....

 Oh man......

So... I'm glad I listened to my gut. Funny's been a bit off. Lame.. but it's hard to tell which leg. And then she's got that wierd hunched up posture again... And with her ankles swelling, I started to worry about OCD. So, I had Dr. Barrows come out to x-ray her and they all needed coggins and fecals anyways. Plus we x-rayed Flecky. (Poor guy.. he's got like... zero sole!! so he will stay in shoes from now on!). 

We did Funny last and she was actually really pretty good for her blood draw for the Coggins. Then Dr. Barrows palpated her and she said her right front tendons felt a bit thick and she was sore. Then she palpated her hind end and said she had a lot of stifle effusion. She thought the tendon was more just a sprain/strain/smack and wasn't worried about it. But she suggested we x-ray the stifles first rather than the fetlocks. She said those didn't feel effusive or anything. So okay! We did sedate her a little bit as she was a little fussy with the palpation. She did good for that too. And she was pretty decent for the x-rays. She was a little wiggly and tried to kick a few times. Nothing vicious or evil, but... a few kicks. But we got the x-rays done. And sigh... She doesn't have typical OCD's, but.. she has stuff. Both sides have "metabolic bone lesions" on the lateral condyles. Not the articulating joint surface, but.. near the patella path. And they weren't a smooth piece of cartilage being lifted up, but a bunch of fragmented bubbles of bone looking type lesion. Ugh. Dr. Barrows said that because it's not on the articulating surface, it's a better prognosis and that she thought she'd be just fine. She did recommend that we take her to surgery though, so they could scrape that prolific bony parts off and then thought they would do some sort of PRP, stem cells, or renovo while they were in there. Sigh... poor baby girl! No wonder she was sore at the end of the 4 mile trail ride. 

So now tomorrow I've got to figure out where to take her and then figure out how to stall rest her without her going bonkers. Luckily the boys can keep her company and take turns. And hopefully she'll be alright. 

Poor darling!