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00:00Well, in this week's edition of First Things First,

00:02I actually caught up with The Connection's Scott Blasey

00:06and renowned veterinarian, Dr. Ryan Carpenter

00:09to talk about Echo Zulu and just see how she's getting on.

00:13I'll tell you one thing, boys, she loves her carrots.

00:15Dr. Ryan Carpenter did the surgery.

00:24He's one of the best in the land.

00:26You know, Dr. Carpenter and I have had a relationship

00:30for a long time, and he actually came to Kentucky

00:34to speak on this topic, and very thankful and fortunate

00:39that we had him.

00:42With a phone call away, was here immediately,

00:45did everything, the stabilizer that we could possibly do.

00:50Santa Anita veterinarians and staff,

00:53from the people on the horse ambulance,

00:55everybody did such a fantastic job.

00:57They were, you know, right there immediately.

01:00And, you know, we can't thank everybody

01:04enough for everything that they've put into it.

01:07So Ryan, how did the surgery go

01:09and give us a prognosis on Echo Zulu?

01:12Yeah, so the surgery went very well.

01:13We did a fetlock arthrodesis and we used a new plate

01:17called the distal femoral plate,

01:19which is an application from the human orthopedic world

01:22to incorporate the pastern joint in our repair

01:26because we're really worried about the integrity

01:27of the pastern joint, and our biggest fear

01:30with these kind of cases is that they subluxate

01:32their pastern in the weeks following surgery,

01:35and then that usually results in support limb laminitis.

01:38So we're very proactive to address that problem

01:41in order to help kind of hedge our bets down the line,

01:45but we still have a long road ahead of us.

01:47As I've said before, these horses really aren't

01:49out of the woods for the next four to six weeks.

01:52There's a lot that can go wrong,

01:54but we take each day by day,

01:56and so far she's done really well.

01:58She looks great, bearing equal weight,

02:01using her casted leg well.

02:02So we're very encouraged initially on how things look,

02:05and so we'll keep our fingers crossed

02:07that we continue to have positive days,

02:09and every good day is one day closer to a successful outcome.

02:13In your opinion, knowing the kind of champion she is,

02:16what kind of patient is she?

02:18She's been awesome.

02:19One of the things that I look for, honestly,

02:22right out of the gate is do they lay down?

02:25And she's spent a lot of time laying down initially,

02:26and she's even spent a lot of time

02:28laying down after surgery.

02:29She's up using her leg a lot more,

02:31so she's a lot more comfortable,

02:33but she still lays down and sleeps at night,

02:35takes care of herself.

02:36And really, when you're talking about these horses

02:38that develop laminitis, the best thing for a surgeon

02:43is a horse that lays down,

02:44because they just unload their legs,

02:46they take the weight off,

02:47they let the blood flow get to their feet,

02:49and that's just a real positive thing for us.

02:51So hopefully she continues to do that in the coming weeks,

02:53and that'll bode well for us in the end.

02:56A lot of people may have a heart attack

02:57when they hear laying down,

02:59because we hear horror stories

03:00about horses having accidents getting up.

03:04Yeah, so the accidents they have getting up

03:07are usually related to general anesthesia.

03:10And so you gotta remember, these horses are asleep.

03:13They're often uncoordinated when they get up.

03:16But if you look at a horse that stands up in a stall,

03:19it's actually a very slow, methodical process.

03:22They do it all the time.

03:23Horses lay down most of the time every day,

03:26and they get up really well.

03:27And you watch them,

03:28and a lot of times they'll protect their casted leg.

03:31They'll do stuff to help protect themselves.

03:33And so the laying down in the stall,

03:37in the barn, is a good thing.

03:39She looks pretty comfortable.

03:42We're on day three.

03:43She's very comfortable.

03:44She's getting around the stall well.

03:47She's getting up and down.

03:49She's got a very good appetite.

03:51Loving some carrots.

03:53She's pretty smart.

03:54So she's been laying down, which is a good thing, right?

03:56Yeah, which is what we want.

03:57You know, she sleeps well at night.

03:59And, you know, it's just a day-by-day thing.

04:02We'll change her cast in five days.

04:05And hopefully after that,

04:09we'll, you know, get from one week to the next.

04:13Unlimited carrots, I take it.

04:15All she wants.

04:16All she wants, and she deserves it.

04:21Really great to hear from those connections

04:24with some good updates on Echo Zulu.

04:26Do want to remind you that Santa Anita

04:28does continue this weekend.

04:30First post, 12.30 Friday, 12.30 Saturday,

04:33and 12.30 Sunday.

04:34There are still tickets left to the Breeders' Cup.

04:37You can collect them at breederscup.com.

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