I had planned to go to the
Grizzly Mtn ride this weekend. But, the fates had more in store for me and
my partner Woody. He stopped eating goodies on Sunday, stopped eating hay
and drinking on Wednesday. My vet was going out of town, the vet I was
referred to was going out of town, the vet I ended up with was ...12 yrs
old...
Woody spent Wed thru Fri at the
vets and she didn't catch what was wrong. I am trying to be fair...but
it's hard. He was sent home Friday with wormer (Panacur purge stuff, no
banamine).
Friday night the barn owner called
me and we then spent until 12:30 with an experienced vet. It turned out
that Woody had a nephro-splenic displacement (Sp?) and we were able to remedy
this through decreasing the size of the spleen with adrenaline, then lunging the
snot out of him. Amazing! voodoo stuff! This was our only
chance to fix it before hauling to OSU or Bend for surgery.
I am so grateful to the vet who
helped us out. He was compassionate and knowledgable. I am still not
totally relieved...every day I see Woody healthy, I feel a little bit
better.
Anyone else come across something
like this? I cannot find anything on the net-must be a new
technique.
