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Sad news. Dusty suddenly collapsed today and wouldn't get back up. Her condition worsened dramatically from there, and there was nothing the vets could do for her. I made the decision to put her down so she could slip away painlessly. She went quietly, not a sound nor a movement, and I kissed her goodbye. The vet was very kind and has offered to make a beautiful presentation with locks from her mane and tail for me to have. I decided to donate her body for their research, as hers was an unusual case and they think they may be able to learn from her so they might help other horses like her in the future. There is no sense in wasting her, since her body was but a vessel and her soul has moved on.
She's in the golden pastures of heaven now, suffering no longer, and I bet she looks beautiful with her wings. Thank you so much for your support, it really meant a lot to me.
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My horse Dusty got a wound on her flank last weekend and we've been treating it at home since the vet came on Monday. Yesterday evening she started showing several signs of tetanus (third eyelid sticking out, spooking at everything, refusing food and water, etc) and the vet decided to then be like 'Oh yeah sorry you were supposed to be giving her penicillin twice a day. Oops, I forgot'. When I asked her if it could wait until tomorrow (it was completely dark outside) she said 'No she might have tetanus give it to her ASAP'. It's rare, but apparently even if the horse is vaccinated (she got a booster when the vet came out to treat the wound) they can still become infected.
We had to make a dash to the local farm store to get syringes and the penicillin, but I've never given an IM shot to a horse before and I couldn't get the full dose in her (it wasn't helping that it was dark, cold, windy, and she was spooked). We're going to try and take her to a vet hospital this morning but if it is tetanus, we won't be able to afford treatment and it would be kinder to put her down before she goes into the last phases of it ans suffers a lot of pain. There is a very small survival rate for horses with tetanus and it's an extremely painful and expensive recovery period that we just can't afford. We're barely scraping by as it is.
I'm so scared and heartbroken and frustrated even though I know there was nothing I could have done differently to have prevented this. We checked her pen top to bottom and I have no idea what she managed to cut herself on. I followed the vet's instructions, even asked them if I needed to keep any antibiotics on hand and they said no. Dusty was a rescue who's already been through so much and now because of a freak accident and the negligence of our vet, I might lose her. She's the first horse I've been able to bond this well with, and she's so young and just started her saddle training. This is awful. Please, if you could, keep Dusty in your thoughts and prayers.
Sad news. Dusty suddenly collapsed today and wouldn't get back up. Her condition worsened dramatically from there, and there was nothing the vets could do for her. I made the decision to put her down so she could slip away painlessly. She went quietly, not a sound nor a movement, and I kissed her goodbye. The vet was very kind and has offered to make a beautiful presentation with locks from her mane and tail for me to have. I decided to donate her body for their research, as hers was an unusual case and they think they may be able to learn from her so they might help other horses like her in the future. There is no sense in wasting her, since her body was but a vessel and her soul has moved on.
She's in the golden pastures of heaven now, suffering no longer, and I bet she looks beautiful with her wings. Thank you so much for your support, it really meant a lot to me.
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My horse Dusty got a wound on her flank last weekend and we've been treating it at home since the vet came on Monday. Yesterday evening she started showing several signs of tetanus (third eyelid sticking out, spooking at everything, refusing food and water, etc) and the vet decided to then be like 'Oh yeah sorry you were supposed to be giving her penicillin twice a day. Oops, I forgot'. When I asked her if it could wait until tomorrow (it was completely dark outside) she said 'No she might have tetanus give it to her ASAP'. It's rare, but apparently even if the horse is vaccinated (she got a booster when the vet came out to treat the wound) they can still become infected.
We had to make a dash to the local farm store to get syringes and the penicillin, but I've never given an IM shot to a horse before and I couldn't get the full dose in her (it wasn't helping that it was dark, cold, windy, and she was spooked). We're going to try and take her to a vet hospital this morning but if it is tetanus, we won't be able to afford treatment and it would be kinder to put her down before she goes into the last phases of it ans suffers a lot of pain. There is a very small survival rate for horses with tetanus and it's an extremely painful and expensive recovery period that we just can't afford. We're barely scraping by as it is.
I'm so scared and heartbroken and frustrated even though I know there was nothing I could have done differently to have prevented this. We checked her pen top to bottom and I have no idea what she managed to cut herself on. I followed the vet's instructions, even asked them if I needed to keep any antibiotics on hand and they said no. Dusty was a rescue who's already been through so much and now because of a freak accident and the negligence of our vet, I might lose her. She's the first horse I've been able to bond this well with, and she's so young and just started her saddle training. This is awful. Please, if you could, keep Dusty in your thoughts and prayers.
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