Colic Scare

The day certainly didn't go as planned. At 4:00 am when I saw on the monitor Sangria with a foal by her side nursing I thought we were in for an easy day. That wasn't to be. The first colic happened at 5:00 am and she was given meds to make her more comfortable. At 8:45 all still looked fine so I got into my church clothes. At 9:00 am Karin sent through a text that Sangria was down colicking again.
I changed back into my barn clothes, ran up to the barn and gave her another dose of Banimine. She was groaning as she was laying on the stall floor. The foal was trying to figure out how to nurse from a mom that has collapsed. Dr. Hoerr was sent a text that Sangria had delivered early this morning, colicked at 5:00 am was given Banimine but was colicking again, did he want to come or if not would he call U of I. The message came back quickly he would come and be there in 20 minutes. When he arrived I was able to get her standing by taking the foal out of the stall and in a panic she scrambled up but it took her 2 tries. The colt right away latched on as she stood there trembling in pain. Dr. Hoerr examined her then started giving her pain meds plus something to help her uterus contract IV. Her placenta had been retained and he was working on removing that when it tore. It took a couple hours of him working on her before the placenta was expelled. He felt that was what was causing the pain. The colt was given a shot then he helped get them both outside so Sangria would get some moisture rich grass down her to help move things along. She had to be watched the rest of the day but thankfully no other signs of pain. Dr. Hoerr left just before 1:00 pm just as the kids started to arrive. All of them came for dinner and games.

 Rhoda brought out Jenis so the kids could have pony rides.

 The kids were loaded  up on the golf cart for rides

 almost everyone ended up at the playground for volley ball or to watch volley ball

Valiant broke the entire back section of his paddock tonight so he could have fun in the field. We have a big repair job on that paddock when he needs to be locked back up.
Rachel had a campfire and brought out that heart-attack-on-a-stick big slab of bacon. Violet is leaving tomorrow for her new home so we decided she needed some instruction on leading and loading. She was loaded 4 times then taken into the arena for some round pen reasoning.

Sheena is now testing at 250 giving her a good chance of delivering tonight. She is actually dripping milk. She was put in the stall with the monitor and Sangria and her colt moved to the other side. Her tail is wrapped and we are just waiting for signs of delivery.