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10/24/2002: "Aaaaaaand It’s Indy By A Knockout!"
We took Indy in for his scheduled four-week checkup at Purdue, and the results were better than I even dared hope. Dr. Lescun could hardly even FIND the masses, either on palpation or ultra sound. He was surprised and VERY pleased - and we CERTAINLY were jumping for joy.
Dr. Lescun also said that they looked more like just scar tissue now on the ultra sound. He was so pleased with the results of the exam that he told us to discontinue the antibiotic and gave Indy an unconditional discharge. He said if we wanted, we could bring him back in six months or so, more out of curiosity than anything else. We do plan to do that, but we all consider Indy to be 100 % :o) Dr. Lescun gave me a print out of the ultra sound picture as a souvenir LOL! We both agreed that Dr. Conley would be extremely interested in seeing it too. I’m planning to show it to him next time he’s out.
Things were extremely busy at the hospital yesterday, and we were considerably later than our appointed time before Dr. Lescun got a free examining room. I took Indy out to graze for a while, and we also walked the big hall. I got lots of comments on how beautiful Indy is :o) I was asked again if he was a Rangerbred. I also had one lady say she had never seen a horse with so many dapples! I gotta agree with that - I’ve never seen so many either.
Needless to say, Miss Ami was VERY glad to see Indy when we finally got back. She was even happier when she discovered she was going to be allowed to stay OUT over night :o) Hopefully, it’s late enough in the season that the grass won’t cause her problems. I’ll keep a close eye on her, but I’m pretty confident that all will be fine. She certainly was moving okay this morning when they came running up for breakfast! God, what a breathtaking sight.
