Poor baby horse

Last week I was going to drive Casey and when I went to get her out of the stall I was met with something that made the idea a resounding No! 

See the big lump the size of a softball. I didn't even want to put a halter on her so it wouldn't rub and hurt. 

Yeah, Ouch! I put her in the wash rack to rinse her mouth and hold her still while she got a shot of antibiotics and banamine for her slight fever.

A trip to the vet the next day..... They could smell something going on, likely an abscessed tooth and the 2 vets that do dentals and extractions- were not there that day. Another round of meds that night and wait. 

Loaded up and went back the next day. They gave her a small amount of sedation which really hit her hard. Flushed out her mouth and with only 2 days on antibiotics, the vet smelled nothing. She determined it was likely an abscess in the root of a tooth. They would need rads to determine if this was the case- and if so extraction. None of this they could do being a small practice and suggested going to another one across town. 

Since two days seemed to start clearing things up, I decided to go with a full course of 10 days of antibiotics and see if it works. If not then we can still go to the other vet and take their approach.

Seems like its working really well. So we kept going. 

The full 10 days later and she still has a small knot, but it is hardly noticeable. She does have a wolf tooth on that side but I'm waiting for this to clear up first. 

Much happier and still no smell. Such a pretty girl and she has been a really good patient. Hopefully we will be back to driving soon.