Gracie's Sarcoids - Day 7

We have finished treating Gracie's sarcoids - now we have to wait for them to fully scab up and fall off.

It does not look pretty.

(Day one, for comparison)

Scabbing up and peeling at the edges.

Ewwie

She is still happy to be ridden with a bit in as it doesn't affect the sarcoids, but she is itchy and scratches it on the ground quite a bit. Natalie called the vet today and apparently this mess means that the treatment is working and they will be gone soon.

More photos in a week or so.

Gracie's Sarcoid Treatment - Day One

So as Nat mentioned in the last post, Gracie has had some lumps diagnosed as sarcoids.

Here is an awesome link on sarcoids.

As they are on her nose surgery is not an option (and from what I have read, sarcoids don't respond well to surgery anyway) so the vet prescribed a cream. We are to treat it once a day for 5-7 days and then stop treatment and leave it alone. If this doesn't work, then we need to have the vet re-think treatment.

The normal side (for comparison)

The sarcoids aren't that bad compared to some of the photos I have seen online.
The cream is already applied and has soaked in for 20 minutes in these photos.

Grumpy Gracie

These are crappy pics, sorry.

I took a little video too - it shows the sarcoids better;

The cream

Wish us luck - we really don't want the sarcoids to get any worse.