Results are in...

The results are in on Maggie. Well, sort of. The opinions are in. The farrier came out and said he thought it was arthritis. He said there was some separation in her hoof wall but he didn't think that was the problem. He said her joints were stiff and sore and he recommended a few things...
1. A barn buddy - to encourage her to walk around in the pasture and decrease her stiffness.
2. A weight loss program - She needs to loose a little weight that will take some pressure off her joints.
3. Some Bute to help with pain.

Then the Vet came out...he didn't look her over as well as I had hoped but he said he thought she had an infection between the hoof wall. So he started her on some antibiotics and gave me some bute to give her.
He recommended
1. Bute for pain
2. Antibiotic for the hoof wall infection
3. Weight loss

So I called my farrier that I LOVE. He said there is probably some truth to all of it. He recommended the antibiotics, weight loss, bute and Iodine on her hooves or Copper...something...Mom said she has it.
So I put down some pine shavings in her stall to keep it drier and then I soaked her hooves in Epsom salt tonight and gave her some medicine.

I was quite proud of my new gate I made to go across her door of her stall. It's not some professional thing but it's pretty cool to me.

That's all for now. Praying for health for my girl.