We brought Cody home on Saturday. He had(s) navicular bone disease. Don't expect me to explain it. All I know is that they removed about an inch and a half of the nerve in his hoof. He walks about 90% better than he did 5 days ago. We will have to keep his leg/hoof wrapped in various stages for the next couple weeks. This is by no means a guarantee he's out of the woods . We will keep our fingers crossed!
Normally, if the horse has NBD in one leg, it will develop in the other, so they did both.
The vet was amazing. He came in on his day off to see Cody off. He apologized for not being able to give us a definitive answer as to why Cody was so lame. (I'm not being mean. Lame as in gimpy, handicapped, limping, not walking normal. Geesh.) He thinks there may be something else going on, but just can't find the true cause. Most horses with this NBD don't have as hard of a time as Cody has. 
Cody waits while Eric checks out. I have yet to ask how the payments were arranged. There's just no good time to ask for bad news........
This is Cody after he heard Dixie in the trailer. He was quiet until he heard her. After that, he was calling out every minute. The vet techs and/or students all came by to let us know he didn't do that once while he was there. They were sure he was letting us know he was ready to go home. Again, they all came to say goodbye. At first, I suspected they tell all the owners that theirs was the best horse ever. However, by the time we left, I had to think that they all just fell in love with him as we did. 
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