Doc and Rehab

Today is six weeks from Doc's surgery.  I have been tack-walking him for the past two weeks for about thirty minutes a day.  Today he went to The Sanctuary which is a no-expense-spared rehab facility that opened this past year in Ocala.  Conveniently, it is right around the corner from our farm.  At The Sanctuary, Doc did twenty minutes on the aqua-tread and his knee was then lasered with a deep tissue cold laser.  For the next six weeks we will be doing this routine twice a week.  My treating vet down here, Dr. Ted Oroski, has warned me of the severity of Doc's condition due to the damage to his knee cartilage during the infection.  Despite this, though, he is progressing well.  I am remaining optimistic.  What Doc would most like for Christmas this year is fresh grass!

The other boys are looking fabulous.  Rivi has a dressage show in a few weeks and Jet is just back in work again after his holiday.  My five-year-old Monte is going to show this winter for the first time.  I am excited about him.  He is a much bigger and more powerful horse than what I typically like, but he is very talented.  He will begin eventing this winter.  I am also working with my mom's five-year-old Gavin.  He is showing promise as an event horse too.  In just a few weeks Holley Russell will arrive with Ida and Towanda and the barn will be full for the winter!

On a more somber note, Bruce Davidson's wife Susie Tuckerman had a bad fall while schooling at home last week and broke several vertebrae in her neck area.  Brian and I spoke with her in the hospital last night and we are going to go to see her this weekend.  Her spirits seem up, but I know this must be a terribly difficult time for her.  Thinking of what she is going through saddens me a bit every day.   

I hope you all have a wonderful time with your loved ones, two legged and four, over the next ten days.

Ashley