Good New: No Herpes
No News: The results of yesterday’s bone scan: Inconclusive. Inconclusive? Now what?
Facts: The horse is in a lot of pain. They’re calling it a Grade 3 level of pain
Other Facts: The equine facility knows that I am unhappy with the mounting costs of this adventure. Yes, I had to do it for the safety [...]
Her Gabbyness is still in isolation because her test results aren’t back. I’m not entirely confident that her samples have been tested yet because for heaven’s sakes why should anything happen quickly? So I’m paying extra for isolation costs and yes, the doctor knows about my general unhappiness with this situation. He’s a great guy, [...]
Gabby is still in an isolation stall since the tests that will be negative (fingers crossed!) havn’t come back yet. So I went and visited her over the weekend. Yesterday, my sister-in-law June and my husband Jack came along and we all got to feed her some carrots. Gabby sneezed all over Jack.
I tried to [...]
According to the doctor, it’s probably not herpes — which is fantastic because then they can get her OUT of the isolation stall. As of last night, however, the results weren’t back from the lab so there was no confirmation. I’m going to go see her today and then make a pest of myself if she’s [...]
“Jane Doe” is a woman with a sick horse who, on the recommendation of a veterinarian, has her horse in the hospital of a major equine health facility at a midwestern university which is famous for football. The horse has a range of mysterious symptoms that look sorta like the herpes/rhino thing, sorta like a bad virus, sorta [...]
I tried to walk her today and she kept stopping. Then when I took her blanket off of her to groom her, Leah noticed that her muscles were trembling just underneath the skin. Gabby was also almost too stiff to reach down and get her hay, plus she wasn’t as chipper as she’d been the day before.
So [...]
I’m optimistic — went out to see Gabby today. While there’s still no lab results, she’s definitely eating and drinking — not as much as usual but there are inputs and outputs. She also looked up when I came in, pushed her giant horse lips against the sides of her stall and begged for treats. [...]
Got an update from the barn. Gabby’s temperature is up, but she’s eating hay and drinking water, more than yesterday when her temp was lower. Would a higher temp be indicative of the body’s immune system doing its work and that she is therefore fighting off the infection? Another horse in the barn who had this fever had Zero while [...]
Gabby has a fever. The vet saw her this morning and by tomorrow we’ll know the results of her blood work.
She doesn’t toss her head up in the air and look eagerly at visitors. She stands with her head down, her lower lip trembling a bit. She only sips at her water which is very [...]
“So much for Buckingham,” says the soon-to-be Richard III (he’s still, what, Richard Plantagenet at this point?) after dispatching yet another rival to the throne in Shakespeare’s Richard III (or not).
So much for getting behind riding and trotting over poles and such. God’s Wounds but I was nervous last night. It took forEVer for us [...]
