The traveling continues

The Region 14 horse show in Kentucky was a busy show for performance equine. We worked long days, and only got to watch a few classes from one of the night sessions.  It was a very hot and humid week in Kentucky so we saw a few colics and dehydrated horses. We mostly gave these horses IV fluids and continued to monitor them for a few days. We also found out that the horse that was sent in for an MRI had a chronic injury to it's suspensory ligament of the navicular bone. The recommended treatment was to inject the navicular bursa and shock wave the suspensory ligament of the navicular bone. We shock waved the horse at the show, and injected the bursa at the horse's farm the following week. From Region 14 we continued to travel. We were back in Michigan for a few days, on of which was a surgery day. We saw some more PRP cases, and Dr. Hill looked at a few referral lameness cases. After the surgery day Dr. Hill started making his rounds to different farms to get horses ready for Youth Nationals. This includes joint injections, shock wave treatments, and diagnostic work. We started by going to Indiana to look at some horses at a couple farms. We then took some time off for the 4th of July, but have started back this week. Dr. Hill has been flying to some farms to look at horses so I've had a few days off. When he leaves I help pack a bag filled with all the medication and other supplies he will need to treat horses. It is difficult to find time in our busy schedule to pack the bag, so I usually do that while Dr. Hill and Dr. Ocull palpate and watch the horses jog. We will continue to travel for the rest of the month. Dr. Ocull and I will meet Dr. Hill in Iowa tomorrow, and then we will drive to Albuquerque, New Mexico for Youth Nationals. I can't wait to see all the exhibitors, it should be a good show! That's all for now!