Tam VanderWerf
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Hi everyone. Let us first thank Barbie for posting about our little colt who was born at 8:30 Sunday night. Your prayers and good thoughts have certainly helped this little guy shortly after Barbie posted.
Our mare, Dent Miss Sassie, was technically a maiden mare because she lost her first two foals. The first, a filly, never made it out of the bag, and the second, a colt, was the victim of dystocia. During this pregnancy, Sassie never really developed any bag to speak of and to date her milk has not come in.
We also had another colt born Sunday night at 10:38 to Dent Miss Darlene (Misty). He has been doing very well right from the start - textbook delivery, standing, nursing - everything. What are the chances of have four mares in foal and having two born in about two hours of each other!!!!
Since Sassie didn't have any milk, I called our vet to come out and tube the colt with IgG. In the mean time I milked some colustrum from Misty and tried to bottle feed the first born colt. I got about 3 cc's down him. We also tried to let him nurse off Misty, but he wouldn't latch on. We tried in vain every possible option. The vet tubed the colt with IgG and told us to keep an eye on him. He continued to fade. She returned and tubed him again with more IgG and milk replacer, then drew blood for testing. She called us upon completing her tests and told us his levels were so low that she didn't know how he was alive. His glucose was at 7, which she said was so low he ought to be having seizures. Yet he was standing under the heat lamp. Our vet called UT to arrange for us to bring him there with Sassie for a plasma transfusion, but she told me with his low levels she wasn't optimistic.
Upon reaching UT (about 1 1/2 hours after Barbie had posted) he was prepped for a catheter and blood drawn. His glucose had risen to 23! During his plasma treatment he decided he wanted to stand on the gurney! The little monkey was trying to nurse on everything and was hopping around in our arms!
Dan just went to UT and visited Sassie and "Goober" and talked to the vet. She said that he is responding well and his levels are good. She said that he was slightly jaundiced, anemic and had a heart murmer. She also said that yesterday he "fainted" a couple times but they didn't know the reason why. He is still on IV nutrition and that possibly this afternoon they are going to try to give him some milk replacer. They've put splints on his front legs because his tendons are lax. While Dan was sitting on the stall floor, Goober was using him for a human jungle gym, just having a good time climbing all over him.
We appreciate all your prayers and concern and we'll keep you all updated as to Goob's progress. Thank you!
Our mare, Dent Miss Sassie, was technically a maiden mare because she lost her first two foals. The first, a filly, never made it out of the bag, and the second, a colt, was the victim of dystocia. During this pregnancy, Sassie never really developed any bag to speak of and to date her milk has not come in.
We also had another colt born Sunday night at 10:38 to Dent Miss Darlene (Misty). He has been doing very well right from the start - textbook delivery, standing, nursing - everything. What are the chances of have four mares in foal and having two born in about two hours of each other!!!!
Since Sassie didn't have any milk, I called our vet to come out and tube the colt with IgG. In the mean time I milked some colustrum from Misty and tried to bottle feed the first born colt. I got about 3 cc's down him. We also tried to let him nurse off Misty, but he wouldn't latch on. We tried in vain every possible option. The vet tubed the colt with IgG and told us to keep an eye on him. He continued to fade. She returned and tubed him again with more IgG and milk replacer, then drew blood for testing. She called us upon completing her tests and told us his levels were so low that she didn't know how he was alive. His glucose was at 7, which she said was so low he ought to be having seizures. Yet he was standing under the heat lamp. Our vet called UT to arrange for us to bring him there with Sassie for a plasma transfusion, but she told me with his low levels she wasn't optimistic.
Upon reaching UT (about 1 1/2 hours after Barbie had posted) he was prepped for a catheter and blood drawn. His glucose had risen to 23! During his plasma treatment he decided he wanted to stand on the gurney! The little monkey was trying to nurse on everything and was hopping around in our arms!
Dan just went to UT and visited Sassie and "Goober" and talked to the vet. She said that he is responding well and his levels are good. She said that he was slightly jaundiced, anemic and had a heart murmer. She also said that yesterday he "fainted" a couple times but they didn't know the reason why. He is still on IV nutrition and that possibly this afternoon they are going to try to give him some milk replacer. They've put splints on his front legs because his tendons are lax. While Dan was sitting on the stall floor, Goober was using him for a human jungle gym, just having a good time climbing all over him.
We appreciate all your prayers and concern and we'll keep you all updated as to Goob's progress. Thank you!
