Oh, gosh Marty, I am so sorry to hear she had to go to the hospital. And it sounds like you have your work cut out for you, but lets hope she is on the road to recovery!!!
Is she on Ulcerguard or gastroguard? I'm sure she probably is. My mare who had chronic ulcers finally healed up after4 weeks of a full dose of Ulcerguard and then 2 weeks of a half dose. I had her scoped by Dr Porter of UF. He said not to give her any sweetfeed. I put her on Safeguard by Nutrena. It has been at least a couple of years now and she has not had a problem.
Marty after you finish your regiman of stuff for the ulcers and she has been healed you may want to think about putting her on some stuff called U-gard. It comes in a powder form and you mix it in their feed every day. It will keep a recurring attack from ulcers returning. I have two that had frequent attacks and I have them on the U-gard and it works. During show season I switch them over to this stuff called U Seven. Both of these taste like very sweet apples and the horses love it.
Marty, glad you got her in and got a solid diagnosis on her...and so glad to hear she's already responding!
Something else you might consider for long term is Stomach Soother. It's all natural papaya pulp, healthy and inexpensive. We have a chronic colicker here that I've put on Fastrack and Stomach Soother daily, and so far so good. They have a website stomachsoother.com if you want to look into it.
And Merry Beth is practically back to her old hyper self! I think the worst is over and we've passed the major hurdle cause she is a prancin and a dancin........
I think she saw Santa come to the barn last night!
Thanks for all your suggestions, I am going to be looking into them.
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas from the mountain!
Nice to see things getting better. I know my girl hated seeing me with I came out with the ulcergard, papaya and magnalox (very weak) to coat the stomach.