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Post by tinastephenson on May 25, 2008 20:01:50 GMT -1
Last Thursday I bought Curly in from his field and all i can say is he did not look right? his eyes showed pain but apart from slight stiffness in one back leg I could not find anything else wrong.
Me being worried as normal put him on trailer and took him to local vet, who said not colic or anything like that, gave him a pain killer and anti-inflammitory and we went home.
By the next evening he was obviously in a lot of distress so i called out the specialist equine vets. she thought he may have impacted colic, did a rectal examination, which was empty, put tube into nostril through to stomach but nothing, but at that point curly was still wanting to eat. so with the vet still present we walked him out onto grass, then she wondered if it was a orthoepaedic injury as he was so so lame.
Next morning I went in and phoned vet immediately, he gave him lots of electrolytes as he was so dehydrated, pain killers and took bloods and also samples from Curlys abdomen. they were muddy coloured.
This morning at 6 I called the vet again, he had 3 saline bags put through the drip, vitamins, pain killlers etc.
It turns out Curly has a abcess on his liver, this is leaking poison fluid into the abdomen. also the toxins are causing laminitis in the back feet.
Tonight I have managed to get him to eat a little specially bought haylage, drink some water and he has passed 3 lots of faeces although they are very very watery.
Has anybody else experienced anything like this? I know the next 24 hours are going to be crucial, I love this pony so so much but I know I cant stand seeing him in so much pain.....
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Post by dollylanedales on May 25, 2008 20:07:50 GMT -1
I have no experience of this, but just want to send lots of positive vibes your way, and hope the vets can help Curly now they know what the problem is.
It must be terrible for you seeing your lovely pony in so much pain, but I am sure the vets can give him enough pain killers to take the pain away, and they will be treating the abscess too ....
thinking of you and Curly.
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Post by shell on May 25, 2008 20:57:49 GMT -1
Thinking of you and Curly, this seems to pale Belle's diagnosis and operation into insignificance but i can fully sympthize witht he emotions you are going through adn not wanting to see your pony suffer
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Post by tinastephenson on May 25, 2008 21:11:03 GMT -1
I have just come in from seeing Curly again now, his heart rate is 68, breathing heavily. Have managed to persuade him to eat some haylage and drink some water but not a lot. He looks in so much pain, I am so desperately worried.
I know in my heart I am going to have to let him go, but, I keep clutching at straws, hoping he is going to be all ok in the morning.
The other horses are totally lost! Curly is and always has been the leader of the herd, they are just wandering about now looking lost....
Has anybody had experience of toxic shock and toxic laminitis, these seem to be the result at the moment of the illness.
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Post by dollylanedales on May 25, 2008 21:19:09 GMT -1
If he has laminits bad he is going to be in severe pain - my Shetland used to look really awful, the pain of that is unbearable for them - so it could be that making him breathe heavy .....
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Post by zeldalithgow on May 25, 2008 21:29:42 GMT -1
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Post by lucydales on May 25, 2008 21:35:05 GMT -1
Don't know about this, sorry.
Sending you both huge positive vibes.
Hang in there, ponies are amazingly resilient.
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Post by taffydales on May 25, 2008 21:43:11 GMT -1
OH Tina, I wish I could help, but I know nothing about the condition, I really hope Curly improves for you and I am thinking of you both xxx.
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Post by Debbie on May 25, 2008 22:35:29 GMT -1
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Post by harveydales on May 26, 2008 5:27:29 GMT -1
Tina, only just seen this. You must be ging through hell - I can't find the words to express how much I feel for you. I do hope you find some improvement this morning. I haven't experienced this myself but I do know of some one whose pony suffered toxic shock due to some sort of internal problem and it resulted in dreadful laminitis. The pony pulled through but it was a long haul. I take it you/your vet are in contact with one of the big vet centres as this must be a very unsual case? Thinking of you and sending lots of positive healing vibes.  |
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Post by cadeby on May 26, 2008 5:39:54 GMT -1
Has anybody had experience of toxic shock and toxic laminitis? Yes! One of our Percheron mares got both of these conditions after her breach and rotated foal got totally stuck in the birth canal, died and had to be cut into pieces by the vet in order for him to be removed. It was a roller-coaster of a time - one minute the mare would seem to be recovering and the pulses in her feet would return to normal, then the next day she would be really flat, breathing heavily, sweating and not eating and the laminitis would flare up. We were on the verge of having her PTS but the vet said that as she was still fighting, we shouldn't give up. He told us that although she was in pain and feeling pretty awful, lots of the pain was being reduced by the drugs. Knowing this allowed us to take a bit of a step back and make more scientific decisions, rather than being overwhelmed by emotion. After about a week she turned the corner and started to recover. She had lost a lot of condition and it took a full year to 18 months for her to look totally right but she is now 100% normal and has no laminitic changes in her feet whatsoever  I really hope Curly will pull through for you. Does the vet have any idea what has caused the abscess on the liver as this would help in making a more informed decision about his future? Good luck |
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Post by emmadales on May 26, 2008 10:07:25 GMT -1
Im sorry you are having to go through this. I hope curly manages to improve soon
Sending hugs and positive vibes your way
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Post by Daftmare on May 26, 2008 11:20:18 GMT -1
Tina I am so sorry to hear about Curly, poor lad. I hope he turns a corner for you very soon. Thinking of you xx
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Post by peggyloo on May 26, 2008 13:22:38 GMT -1
so sorry to hear this, thinking of you, our first dales foal who we sold to a friend got Peritonitis
at the age of 2 years and did start to recover from it, unfortunatly (prob not what you want to hear right now) she later died of post recovery complications.
thinking of you and keeping all fingers tightly crossed that he pulls through
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Post by dalesponyrider on May 26, 2008 14:32:24 GMT -1
I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Can't think of anything to say as I am overwhelmed with emotion reading this. I'll pray hard.
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