Progress report
I had a good night's sleep again last night and I can already lie on either side. If I hadn't seen two diagonal sharp ends at least half an inch apart on the x-ray for myself, I'd never believe this was broken. I'm sure it would have been worse to have dislocated it and/or torn the ligaments. I have a huge amount more mobility in it today, I can dress myself. All it does is ache a bit if I use it too much during the day. I have to dry myself by hanging the towel on the shower cubicle and rubbing against it like Baloo the Bear, which I usually accompany with the Bear Necessities song. Other than that, if I avoid the movements which would be excruciating, which are getting fewer anyway, it really isn't that much of a problem. I'm not taking any painkillers, just human bute :-)
The only thing horse-wise that I just can't do at all at the moment is pick up feet. So SH is doing Zip and Jazz for me but George is scared of men and won't let him. I swear the poor creature has been badly treated in the past, the way he reacts to men, running to the far end of the stable and shaking gently. SH is doing all the right things, waiting until George comes to sniff him and letting him get to know him in his own time. Tonight we will try me holding him (if I can put a headcollar on :-) and see if SH can do his feet then.
I honestly can't see how you are going to keep me off George inside the barn next week. I can already open swing doors without pain, so why not ride, as long as I'm sure I won't fall off??? I wouldn't go outside without full control of course, and I won't be jumping until I'm sure as sure that it's knitted, but otherwise, surely life can get back to normal?
I'm continuing to review the Jazz options. I do love the darned horse to bits for his character and the way he feels just to be on his back. We'll get into eventing this season with George, and next with Zippy. I'll eat my hat if Zip won't be a heck of a lot braver jumper than Jazz. When everything has calmed down and we are back on track, we'll make a decision how Jazz fits into the picture. At least I have options, it could be so much worse.
C
posted by cptrayes @ 4:56 PM
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"so why not ride, as long as I'm sure I won't fall off??? "
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Mm, I think I would give it a few more days!
You are obviously feeling MUCH better.
Judith
Can't think what you mean Mandeigh??????
Yes thanks Judith, I really am!
I'm just so relieved that it's obviously not going to ruin my whole year, that I'm really up today. Thank heavens that I have such strong shoulders - all that upper body strength work lifting hay and riding strong horses!!
C.
What else could I have expected. Do be careful! It is not the fall, it is hitting the ground--or having one of the horses bump you with his head or...well, there are dozens of things to be careful about.
However, I know full well you will do whatever your heart desires.
Glad to hear you like Jazz that much. Honestly, dressage can be fun and I am pretty sure some show type jumping might not test his courage too much. The trouble with the cross country fences that they don't fall down if things go wrong. He is a special boy in so many ways.
He's a gutless wretch Jean, but there is something so endearingly loveable about him! I'm sure he can showjump to a decent standard now.
For the moment I am thinking of eventing George this season, Zippy next, and seeing how much Jazz decides that he can or can't cope with whenever it happens to suit me. I know eventing will give me up sooner rather than later, and really, what point would there be getting rid of a super horse just because it can't cope with cross country, if you aren't going to be able to do cross country yourself?
You can tell that typing is now no problem whatsoever, can't you?!?!? My thoughts may change entirely next week of course. I reserve the right to keep you all on total tenterhooks about whether he stays or goes :-)
C
Pleased your feeling so good.
Im amazed a break can hurt so little, I'd never felt pain like it in my life when I did my shoulder and havent since!
Trouble is you cant guarantee you arent going to fall off even the most sensible horse and you dont want to break yourself even more then possibly have right off this year.
Although I admit I was riding within two weeks even though it killed......:)
I think your right in not making a decision you clearly think so much of him it would be awfull to decide he's going then 12months down the line regret it.
From what you've said about him I honestly dont think he's going to be brave enough for xc however much exposure he gets.But that doesnt mean you wont have some fun with him it just might mean a 'career'change for you both:))
nowt wrong with dressage, caroline! you'll never catch me jumping, that's for sure...
True eventer at heart you are ^-^
I will not expect anything else from you LOL
For Jazz let it go for a while, until you go back in the saddle and you are healed physically and mentally. Then you will make a perfect decision for you and him.
You knwo the more I think about it, the more i am convinced that the Warmbloods are so genetically selected that they are not "all-around" horse. One is jumper, the other Dressage.
Like Linda, she can jump if you push her, but she has no respect for obstacles, I would not go X-country with her :-O
Perhaps Jazz is too coward to jump.
But I am sure he will be an oustanding Dressage horse!
Every horse has a job, you won't take a Shire doing 160 Km endurance race, will you?
Muriel you are absolutely right about the selective breeding. Fortunately Jazz picked up his father's ability to jump (Grand Prix), his father's colour, his father's temperament (quirky, one day good the next day refusing) and his mother's dressage lines.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, I'm guessing his father (the quirkiness) he also picked up a big yellow stripe that runs from his ears to his tail. It's not his fault, he's just a scaredy cat.
I have a friend with a warmblood chestnut with 4 white socks which took until it was nine before it would canter into cross country fences or showjumps consistently. Until then, it trotted up and popped fences up to nearly four feet, but if you pushed it then it put in the most disgusting sharp stop/drop shoulder/swing away refusals. I think Jazz might make Intro by nine :-)))
Nicola I have always been told that ligament tears are much more serious than bone breaks. I'm just so glad it broke! How odd to write a thing like that, but it's true. I have to admit though, that I am not normal (I hear you laughing - "you think we didn't know that?!"). I have an extraordinary ability to screen out pain. I know the pain is there, because I know only half my brain is running as normal, the other half is busy batting out the pain signals! So I haven't finished a Sudoku right in days, but I'll settle for that rather than be in agony or have to take morphine :-)
I know when I've pushed it far enough though - it certainly lets me know if it's reached its limit :-)
Nowt wrong with not wanting to jump either Claire. I hate the way some people think that they are clever to take risks, when the truth is they are just wired differently and need the kicks, like I do.
I've done rugs with no trouble today, so more progress.
C.
Muriel I wouldn't put it past anyone in this country to try and long distance a Shire :-)))) It goes hand in hand with our indescriminate breeding policies that people ride the most unsuitable beasts. We now have ridden heavy horse show classes at County level in this country!
C
Just don't be going and doing anything daft..
Now Mandeigh - would I :-))))) ???????????
C
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