Battling Cellulitis and a VERY Picky Eater

 

John Dowdy:                 Hello, and we are back for another Equinety Podcast. In this week's podcast episode, we are going to bring on Charlene Short from Louisiana. Charlene, welcome to the Equinety Podcast.

Charlene Short:             Good morning, and thank you for having me.

John Dowdy:                 Well, it's a pleasure. And when you shared your story with General, who is a 29-year-old off track thoroughbred rescue. I believe I have all that correct.

Charlene Short:             Mm-hmm (affirmative). That is correct.

John Dowdy:                 Okay. So he was battling some cellulitis for quite some time. Tell us about that, and what he was going through.

Charlene Short:             Okay. In Colorado, where we came from, he did not suffer from this. But when we got down here in the heat and humidity it seemed to start. About at least once a month for the last five years, maybe longer than that, he would have these outbreaks, and his left rear leg from hock to fetlock would swell like a tree trunk. It was awful. And the skin would get so tight and seep and occasionally it looked like it was literally going to split.

He lived off of antibiotics and me hosing him and putting poultice on, and all kind of things to try to help him, but he was just painful. So this past November, 2018, I came across this product on Facebook and thought, "Well, I'll try it." And lo and behold it worked wonders.

John Dowdy:                 How fast did you see results when you started the Equinety?

Charlene Short:             Probably within three weeks. The swelling on his leg went down, and we did not have another occurrence until just a couple of weeks ago when we had a really hot night and a really hot day, and the humidity was very high. His leg swelled up, and he literally got down, and we had to prod him to get him up. I put a poultice on his leg and just kept the Equinety going, and within 36 hours, the swelling was gone, he was pain free, and we just hosed him to keep him comfortable. This time we did not have to have antibiotics, where before he just literally lived off of them.

John Dowdy:                 Wow. So for five years battling the cellulitis, since you brought him down to Louisiana from Colorado, so living on antibiotics, and this is just an everyday thing with him. Which you know, being 29 years old and a yard ornament, it seemed like you were having to spend a lot of time just to try to get him comfortable, but nothing seemed to be working.

Charlene Short:             Right.

John Dowdy:                 Yeah.

Charlene Short:             Yeah, he was literally miserable.

John Dowdy:                 Oh, that's horrible. Well, I know a lot of people-

Charlene Short:             Yeah.

John Dowdy:                 A lot of people battle with this kind of a thing, and I know it's frustrating. So the great thing is, and that's one of the reasons I was very excited to have you on, because with being able to find something that helps, and as fast as it did, I mean, you must have been pretty surprised when you saw the swelling go down that fast.

Charlene Short:             I was very surprised and very pleased.

John Dowdy:                 General was probably saying, "Hey, what's going on here?"

Charlene Short:             Yeah. And the nice thing is is he is a very picky eater. When you put things in his food, a lot of times he will just use that big old nose and push it around, and then not eat. But he accepted this right away and we've had no problems. He just goes right along with it every day.

John Dowdy:                 That's great. Okay.