Update on Ebony Eye's foal

Sorry for the lack of posts lately - been reasonably busy with breeding, foalings and meetings and trying to fit in a time with my lovely wife as well. It gets hard this time of year.

Our little prem foal took a turn for the worse - he started getting lame in the off hind. We originally thought it would have been a joint ill which is basically an infection in a hoint. This is extremely hard to treat once it takes hold and probably would have resulted in the little guy being put down.
This was on Monday, so on Monday night I was very dejected and annoyed at the world (I will admit I shed some tears). On Tuesday our regular vet had a look at him and thought that the problem wasn't a joint ill (well at least not in the fetlock, hock or stifle - it could still be in a growth plate). So that was great news.

Of course we still don't know exactly what is the cause of the problem, however if it is not a joint ill then anything else seems a lot better to me!