Rock is so ready to gallop, buck, rear, play. I ache, keeping him at a walk, but I know full well that overdoing it when your sprain is only mostly better just sets you back longer. Lately he has been full of himself, using any excuse to spook and attempt to leap about, disrespectful like any teenage boy cooped up in detention when he needs to be playing football.
But then again, sometimes he just wants to bathe in the sun and enjoy half an hour of savasana (aka corpse pose).
Second follow up visit and Rockstar is healing great! The front end is totally sound and the right hind is at least 50 percent improved since the weekend. (The right hind sprain is from the post anesthesia stumbling, not the surgery itself.) We are still limited to hand walking but I am able to mix it up now with some patterns and trailering practice. I alternate the red wraps (energy) with the green wraps (rest) and wash the pillows every time. The scrapes have almost healed as well. Looks to me like we will be hitting the trails this year after all.
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