Bad Backs (continued)

Following on from our vet's visit last week, Richard had arranged to meet Polly, a chartered physio at Greatwood yesterday morning. He had decided to sedate Bunkhouse and Insheen to relax them sufficiently in order that Polly could work on them to try and release areas which had seized up. Polly spent a particularly long time on Bunkhouse, he was pretty sore all over, particularly through his neck and poll area. It was Sue's holiday and Becky's day off, but they were both sufficiently interested in the procedure to tip up for the morning. After Polly had manipulated them, Richard then injected cortisone into Bunkhouse's poll and sacroiliac, he also injected along Insheen's back. Hopefully, this treatment will help them. They are both on box rest for a couple of days and then they will have a few weeks off before we bring them into work again.
We had been a little anxious about Mighty Minnie, she had been going on and off lame but we also wanted an update about her eyes. We had looked at her eyes six or so months ago and had detected a cataract upon her right eye, and a little cloudiness on her left eye, however subject to regular check ups this shouldn't have affected the ability to rehome her. We were, therefore, staggered when Richard's examination of her right eye confirmed our worst fears. Her sight had deterioriated to such an extent that she has very limited vision. We are all pretty devastated, not least because she is such a sweet good mare.
I am off later on this morning to go and have a look at a couple of yards which may suit as satellite yards, but my first quest is to see if we have rugs for those horses which feel the cold (we have sent a load off to be mended), so I hope that we will find enough. Apparently, the next few days are going to be pretty dreadful, the horses have been ok so far, but certainly the old boys will need them, and we will need to get New Seeker, Titch and Chewie in out of the storm. New Seeker hates wet weather and just hangs about feeling cold and miserable and none of see much point in letting that happen.