So this makes absolutely zero since to me. My math teacher tries to tell my class that bad grades aren't a big deal and we shouldn't sweat it. Um. No actually. Grades are a very large part of what happens to you after high school and the rest of your life on earth. My English teacher knows whats up. He went on a mini rant today explaining why he grades so hard. He believes that one day we will all have a degree in something and we don't deserve that degree if we can not use the English language properly. I completly agree with him. Now don't get me wrong. I definitely do not want my math teacher grading any harder but I do think that his views on grades are wrong. Grades are important. That is a fact of life.
Juliet got her teeth floated yesterday. She also got a lameness exam. Wait backup. Sorry. I keep forgetting I'm talking in horsey terms. Teeth floating is when you file down horses teeth with a file because horses teeth are similar to hamsters in the idea that they never stop growing. A lameness exam is when you make a horse trot to see if they are stif in any of their limbs. Anyway. She was lame in her right forearm which is normally her bad side so it was expected. Then we blocked(numbed) her right forearm heel to see if she would improve if we lunged her again. The block created 80-90% soundness(not hurting). We took x-rays which I will try to upload in a later blog when I am using my computer and not my phone. The x-rays showed that her palmar angle was actually a slight bit better than the x-rays Juliet had a year ago. The farrier came out today to trim her heel because she has to much of it, to move her shoe back a tad bit, and to create more roll over on the toe. She already seemed to be walking more fluently after the farrier was done. We started her on pain/inflammation meds and hoof circulation medication yesterday. Hopefully this will fix our problems but if not then I will get to spend more money on a joint injection and her steroid injection.
Random Facts: Juliet has a cyst in her navicular bone which is why she gets steroid injections every 6 months. It helps stabilize the growth and it seems to still be doing its job so far. Juliet also has an odd shaped navicular bone(right forelimb). Not that it looks funky but it is physically misshapen due to her genetics which is one reason she has right foreleg problems.
PS: the title is a quote from my English teacher today talking about his experience with a shark...
Juliet got her teeth floated yesterday. She also got a lameness exam. Wait backup. Sorry. I keep forgetting I'm talking in horsey terms. Teeth floating is when you file down horses teeth with a file because horses teeth are similar to hamsters in the idea that they never stop growing. A lameness exam is when you make a horse trot to see if they are stif in any of their limbs. Anyway. She was lame in her right forearm which is normally her bad side so it was expected. Then we blocked(numbed) her right forearm heel to see if she would improve if we lunged her again. The block created 80-90% soundness(not hurting). We took x-rays which I will try to upload in a later blog when I am using my computer and not my phone. The x-rays showed that her palmar angle was actually a slight bit better than the x-rays Juliet had a year ago. The farrier came out today to trim her heel because she has to much of it, to move her shoe back a tad bit, and to create more roll over on the toe. She already seemed to be walking more fluently after the farrier was done. We started her on pain/inflammation meds and hoof circulation medication yesterday. Hopefully this will fix our problems but if not then I will get to spend more money on a joint injection and her steroid injection.
Random Facts: Juliet has a cyst in her navicular bone which is why she gets steroid injections every 6 months. It helps stabilize the growth and it seems to still be doing its job so far. Juliet also has an odd shaped navicular bone(right forelimb). Not that it looks funky but it is physically misshapen due to her genetics which is one reason she has right foreleg problems.
PS: the title is a quote from my English teacher today talking about his experience with a shark...
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