Sanna's Leg

Dr. Hoerr made it to the farm around 1:00pm. Mika and Jewel were sharing a stall, Sally was in her own stall, Sanna was in one of the foaling stalls, Bunni was crossed tied in the aisle way, and Paris was tied also in the aisle. Five of the horses needed blood drawn for the coggins and Sanna had to have her leg looked at. First on the list was to get the horses for routine work done and out of the barn so we could focus on Sanna. Her hoof was tested first to see if it was an abscess but that came back fine. It wasn't until Dr. Hoerr started shaving off all of her feathers did we find the problem. She had a cut that got infected but Sanna's feathers are so thick and long we couldn't see this until her leg was bald. Poor Sanna! Her leg needed to be scrubbed, treated and wrapped, then she was given an antibiotic IV, 40 ccs of sulpha by mouth and 2 grams of bute mixed with some grain. She will need her leg cleaned once a day, sulpha once a day and bute twice a day until Wednesday when Dr. Hoerr will check her over again.

She was fed plenty of hay and given 3 full buckets of water before I left for the day. Hopefully she will be more comfortable soon.
Mike and Diane are now in Gulf Shores, mom, Spark and Rhonda leave at 4:30am tomorrow for Gulf Shores which means I'll be driving out twice a day to care for Sanna for at least a week.
Now Karin sent this for the chuckle of the week. Thanks Karin, I ROARED with laughter at some of their statements.