Prolapse

We had a wonderful beautiful rainy day yesterday. It rained a soft gentle rain for 3 full hours in the morning and then in the evening another pretty good shower came through. I went in to Meister's to work on Bible labels finishing around 2:00pm. When I arrived home there was such a nice surprise. Rhoda got back from the camp out at Middle Grove and instead of leaving for her home stayed here and cleaned, even scrubbing the floors. Emily had company today, her aunt and other family members came to visit. When she was showing them the foals, she noticed Paris was in trouble. Poor Paris had a prolapsed rectum. Below Rhoda is trying to push it back in while I called to arrange to take her to Dr. Hoerr.

 

 This is what it looked like when we arrived.

 Below Dr. Hoerr is working on putting it back in place.

He was only partially successful. She was given a steroid to help reduce swelling from the inside then the prolapse was washed and covered with epson salts to draw out fluid from the outside. We brought her home and will treat her 3 times a day. Her prognosis is mixed, Paris is in her twenties and even if we can get everything back in place there is still the question why this happened. I've had horses for over 50 years and have never seen this before.
Dr. Hoerr is coming out Monday morning to collect Evan and will check her then.