I got a call tonight that Prize wasn’t walking well.Â
Me: “I’m heading to the barn. Prize is sick.”
The SO: “Did they call a vet?”
Me: “Yeah, me.”
Him: “Oh, yeah, I, uh, meant one that wasn’t emotionally involved.”
Good save, I guess.
I got there and she was flat out in her stall. She’d been out all day and was reluctant to walk when they went to bring the horses inside. Her pulse was up and she was breathing hard. She seemed to have a little gas colic. Eventually she stood up and she isn’t putting much weight on her front feet so I’m assuming she’s trying to founder too. Her feet aren’t very warm and she doesn’t have noticeable pulses in her legs. She never gets sick so I’m hoping that everything is on the mild side and she’s just being a drama queen because she isn’t used to pain. After all, she didn’t let any of this stop her from eating all her hay! For tonight she’s drugged up with anti – inflammatories. I’ll recheck her in the morning to see if we need to get more aggressive with her or if it passed.
One that isn’t emotionally involved, cute. My vet tells a story about when his wife needed help with a cat that who had curled up under the hood of her Jeep on a cool winter day… That was emotionally involved but it ended very well indeed. But this is your blog not mine.
Oh no! I hope she is just being a drama queen as well. I hope to hear good news tomorrow…