Last night I was too tired to stay up to 10:00 pm so gave Tatiana her banimine at 9:00 pm then went to bed. The colt was nursing well. I woke up and checked on them at 1:00 am and he was still standing and nursing well. At 3:00 am he was down and since I didn't know if he was able to stand on his own I drove up to the barn and helped him up. He went right over and nursed and I went back to bed. At 4:30 am he was still up but at 5:30 am he was down. I decided to wait and watch on the monitor and was thrilled to see him jump up on his own at 6:05 am and run over to nurse. I went up to give Tatiana the antibiotic and 15 ccs of banimine. She gets 45 ccs of Gentamicin Sulfate once a day and the banimine twice a day 12 hours apart. I left for the walk. The walkers stopped in to see the colt and he was doing so well. He was laying down but jumped up to nurse.
After breakfast Mark and I went over to the barn with the plastic sheeting and covered the lumber in the gym area then measured and cut for the upstairs. When we finished with that we moved a bale in for Evan.
At 9:30 am I went in to clean stalls and was shocked to see the colt in distress. He was rolling in agony. I called the vet clinic and was told to give him 1.5 ccs of banimine. I took his temperature but that was actually a little low so no fever. I also gave him an enema.
He did not get better and Tatiana started getting worse. By the time Dr. Hoerr arrived both were needing his care. The last time I know the colt nursed was at 8:30 am. I milked Tatiana and was able to get about 2 ounces of milk into the colt by bottle. Dr. Hoerr put an IV then drew 2 vials of blood to add to the special oxygenated bags.
Mike arrived then and helped hold the colt while both bags were given.
After that was done Dr. Hoerr turned his attention to Tatiana.
There was manure in her large intestines' and that is a good sign that they are working. Next he decided to try to remove the retained placenta. That stunk terribly and unfortunately came out in chunks. It had already started rotting and that was what had caused the fever. After getting as much out as he could he told us there is still attached placenta and gave Tatiana 3 ccs of oxy to get her contractions going. Then it was time to treat the belly. He went in at the incision site and passed a canula through to the belly cavity and gave her the special glycerin fluid he had prepared. He explained it all in the video below.
He left lots of drugs, plenty of needles, a syringe full of flush for the colt's IV. I need to give her oxy every 2-3 hours to keep those contractions coming. He also gave Tatiana some sedation so she could rest. She laid down and the colt climbed right on top of her neck.
Neither Tatiana nor her colt are out of the woods.
Today was a hard day but I am thankful for the help and for a willing knowledgeable Veterinarian.
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