Eager poorly foot

So since our great weekend at Beckys 10 days ago I haven't even sat on Eager's back! Which is typical.  I think and hope its just an abcess on her back foot. Being the back foot it's not always apparent she is lame. If I poultice it seems to get better and then within a day of stopping it gets worse.  Now in normal circumstances I would have already phoned my farrier to have a look and drain.  But as she is barefoot  I decided to phone the brilliant barefoot trimmer as to what to do as I had heard he didn't make a hole, but let I find its own exit.  So after waiting for him he said he thinks it is an abcess and to poultice, but the reason he doesn't drain is because he isn't allowed to... Only a UK qualified farrier is allowed to.  He is qualified in Spain but not England. 

So currently feeling a bit disenchanted and wishing I had just phoned my farrier in the first place and I wouldn't have wasted this time. Anyway doing as I am told.... Tonight. Think I will phone farrier tomorrow. 

This is the way of it :-(