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Here Comes Frazier undergoes surgery

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Here’s an update on Here Comes Frazier, as provided by McPeek Racing:

Dr. Ruggles called today to say that the X-ray they took yesterday, Wednesday, October 12th, of Here Comes Frazier’s talus bone did still show the hairline fracture present there in the talus bone.

But because Frazier was doing so good, and his comfort level was so high and the swelling in the joint had gone down so much, both Dr. Ruggles and Dr. Bramlage felt it would be safe to go ahead and do the surgery to remove the multiple pieces of bone in the tibia, especially since he handled so well having a special shoe put on Wednesday afternoon.  They put a shoe on Here Comes Frazier to help pad his sole and support it and help keep any laminitis from setting in.

Because he was walking normal and standing on the foot and leg so well after the shoeing, without showing any signs of discomfort, both vets decided to proceed with the surgery this morning.

So today, Thursday October 13th, Dr. Ruggles performed the surgery on Here Comes Frazier along with Dr. Bramlage attending.  The surgery went well, and both vets were pleased with how the procedure and overall process to remove the multiple bone fragments went.

Here Comes Frazier came out of recovery very well and walked normally on his own back to his stall.  He was not favoring the leg and seemed to be walking normal – had the hairline fracture been bothering him and been an issue, he would have been trying to walk more on his toes or favoring it, but he was walking flat-footed like a normal horse’s gait.  This Dr. Ruggles was very pleased about.  X-rays they took after the surgery showed no displacement of the hairline fracture in the talus bone, which is very good.  The typical injury of a hairline fracture in the talus bone does not normally require any surgery to repair according to Dr. Ruggles and so, therefore should heal properly on its own with time.  Dr. Ruggles said the prognosis is favorable that Here Comes Frazier could race again – it will just be a long recovery and the colt will need to be given the time to properly heal.

They will keep Here Comes Frazier there at Rood and Riddle clinic for a week to ten days, until his sutures can be taken out, and then if he keeps progressing so well in his recovery Dr. Ruggles stated he could then be released.

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