5/11/2023 0 Comments Week 11: SurgeryThis past week, Marty has had his kissing spine surgery. His surgery was on Tuesday and thankfully he got to come home only a day later on Wednesday. Doctor. Caster said it was a very smooth surgery and went exactly how he planned it to go, and he should be able to make a good recovery if we do everything properly. The hard part is doing the rehabilitation properly. Marty will have a long road to recovery, which includes lots of lunging, groundwork, and working with a launching system, called the Equiband. The Equiband was designed, especially for horses and can be used during lunging or riding to help a horse build muscle.
Another big part of Marty’s rehab is doing lots of stretches and walking, especially for the first three weeks before we can start lunging. He will also be in still rest for two or three weeks depending on when he gets his stitches taken out. Until we can start lunging Marty he has to be walked for at least thirty minutes a day to prevent colic, and also has to have a heating pad on his back for twenty minutes to help with the pain. He was also put on muscle relaxers, anti-swelling medication, and bute (but is like super stringy horse Advil). During the surgery, Doctor Castro only operated on one side of Marty’s spine. The ligaments that surround his four affected vertebrae were cut, which released all the tension between them. It is also possible that during this surgery some of his nerves were cut which will help manage the pain. Castro said that they don’t exactly know what the surgery does that helps, they just know it does.
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