Ayanna's Colt

Ayanna's colt was shooting diarrhea this morning, always a bad sign. When I walked into his stall to check on him, he jumped up and went right over to Ayanna and nursed well. As his stall was being cleaned he was playing around Ayanna, bucking up and trotting around her but I saw him squirting diarrhea 3 times during the morning feed and the stall cleaning. Dr. Hoerr was sent a text telling him I have a 2 and a half day old colt that is not critical but would need to come in this afternoon. Thankfully Dr. Hoerr agreed to see him at 3:00 pm. When  I got home from church the colt was for sure not as well as this morning so I was very glad the appointment had been made earlier. Karin and Nolan helped load him and Ayanna into the trailer. Nolan agreed to go with me to help with Dr. Hoerr's treatment. Dr. Hoerr did all the usual, took his temp, listened to his lungs and drew blood for testing. He was a little dehydrated but not terrible and 101.6 which is considered normal range for a newborn. Dr. Hoerr gave him fluids by IV and as soon as he was done, that colt wanted to nurse. He was HUNGRY! The side of the stock was opened which just gave him enough room to reach under and nurse.

Dr. Hoerr decided to leave the catheter in just in case he would need treatment tomorrow and taped it up so the colt cannot pull it out. Nolan was the perfect person to come help. The colt is actually pretty strong and it took both of us to hold him down while Dr. Hoerr put in the catheter and IV. Nolan held the bag up in the air while Dr. Hoerr made sure the fluids were going in correctly. In the picture below we are just about ready to leave the office and head for home.

Dr. Hoerr will be back tomorrow morning between 10:00 am and 11:00 am to check on him, ultrasound Lilly (Brandee's mare) to see where she is in her cycle, ultrasound Hadassah to see where she is in her cycle and check Sheena's leg which was scratched and now looks to be infected. While we were gone, Emily and Mitchel arrived along with Jury, the mare to be bred to Valiant, Jury's owner, and the family that is doing the breeding lease on Jury.  Mitchel rode Valiant in the indoor while they were here. 

 We made it back to the farm by 4:30 pm, took Ayanna and her colt to the stall, fed the mares and then ran down to the house where a prime rib meal was waiting. Karin, David, Stephanie, plus their 2 children Israel and Elisabet, Nolan and Sarah plus their daughter Zion and Phil, Anna and their 3 daughters Braelyn, Taegan and Kensley joined us for the dinner. The cousins played so well tonight. Below are the pictures from tonight. 

 They found the pirate play costumes and treasures,  

and put on a play for us with lots of sword fighting. 

 The bow at the end. 

Even Elisabet wanted to join in the play. 

 Karin drove over to Phil and Anna's to pick up Hux and bring him back here so we could play with the puppy too. 

 Israel loved holding Hux.

 What a good puppy this Huxly is, he actually likes the kids. 

All good thing must come to an end. Little Zion had a big accident and needed a change of clothes.  Below she is happy in just her diaper. 

It has been in the 30's all day today with rain most of the day but on the way home from the vet clinic that rain was changing to snow and soon this evening it was all snow. The snow is not suppose to last long.