Jill
Aspiring Cowgirl
A lot of you have been around long enough to remember July 2003 when my yearling show filly, Triple H Buckin Khaki, had colic surgery. She was just under one year old. She was purchased to be a show filly for me (as well as a pet of course). She went to one show (Grand Champion Junior Mare) and less than a month later, she was almost dead (and then what would I want with her big old show ribbon if I couldn't still have her???).
She came home to my house straight from the hospital on July 31, 2003. She'd never even been at my house before. She'd gone from her breeders straight to the person who trained for me at that time.
When Khaki was in the hospital, they did immediate colic surgery for impaction, but a day or two later, they had to open her up again! I nearly lost it when the surgeon called to tell me she was going in for more surgery. There's some part in minis that they normally do not empty as they would in big horses, but in Khaki's case, it should have been done for her (this isn't the surgeon's fault, in MOST minis what they did was what they should have done).
I was devastated. I felt like the second proceedure just wiped out what good we did to get her into surgery SO quickly. Probably it just goes to show that I have been pretty lucky so far in life because at the time, her having to have colic surgery felt like the worst thing that ever happened to "me" (Khaki says it ranked right up there for her, too!). I was a mess and crying for days. I really stayed in bed for several days other than to run out and check if she was okay. H took off work, too. It was just very scary.
It was a year before I stopped expecting to find her with colic again. I really thought she'd not make it long term for the first year. Then it was two years before I started to think of her as "a regular horse". She's been home from surgery for three (3) years now with NO episodes. My vets have told me many times, as has the surgeon, to "use" her like I would any other horse which includes driving, showing and breeding.
Next spring, I will breed her to DunIT
I'm very thankful that she's had such a wonderful recovery!
Wanted to show you all how she looks today. She's too fat, I know, but she's one happy little mare. I have not taken any posed pictures of her in so long. She could stand a bath and a dye job but that's not going to happen any time soon.
Thanks for looking. You all that were here back when she had the surgeries really did help me get through it and I won't ever forget how supportive the forum was for me.
Triple H Buckin Khaki
She came home to my house straight from the hospital on July 31, 2003. She'd never even been at my house before. She'd gone from her breeders straight to the person who trained for me at that time.
When Khaki was in the hospital, they did immediate colic surgery for impaction, but a day or two later, they had to open her up again! I nearly lost it when the surgeon called to tell me she was going in for more surgery. There's some part in minis that they normally do not empty as they would in big horses, but in Khaki's case, it should have been done for her (this isn't the surgeon's fault, in MOST minis what they did was what they should have done).
I was devastated. I felt like the second proceedure just wiped out what good we did to get her into surgery SO quickly. Probably it just goes to show that I have been pretty lucky so far in life because at the time, her having to have colic surgery felt like the worst thing that ever happened to "me" (Khaki says it ranked right up there for her, too!). I was a mess and crying for days. I really stayed in bed for several days other than to run out and check if she was okay. H took off work, too. It was just very scary.
It was a year before I stopped expecting to find her with colic again. I really thought she'd not make it long term for the first year. Then it was two years before I started to think of her as "a regular horse". She's been home from surgery for three (3) years now with NO episodes. My vets have told me many times, as has the surgeon, to "use" her like I would any other horse which includes driving, showing and breeding.
Next spring, I will breed her to DunIT
I'm very thankful that she's had such a wonderful recovery!
Wanted to show you all how she looks today. She's too fat, I know, but she's one happy little mare. I have not taken any posed pictures of her in so long. She could stand a bath and a dye job but that's not going to happen any time soon.
Thanks for looking. You all that were here back when she had the surgeries really did help me get through it and I won't ever forget how supportive the forum was for me.
Triple H Buckin Khaki
