Unexpected Vet Visit

Things were going so very well this morning. Sangria was moved into the breeding shed as Oksana was showing signs of being more protective of her filly. Still no sign of Sangria's udder filling so we still have time. When I was showing Oksana's filly to Jamie I noticed a discharge coming out of Oksana that was not at all normal. Hoerr vet clinic was called to make an appointment to bring her in but only got the answering machine. I drove in to Peoria to run a few errands and was just pulling back in when the vet clinic called me back to give me an appointment of 3:00 pm. Emma the receptionist said I should plan on getting there at 2:45 pm just in case the other customers went faster than normal.
Of course that meant I was loaded and on the way at 2:00 pm and arrived there about 2:40 pm. Aaron came out to help bring Oksana and her filly into the clinic and Oksana into the stocks. This 3 day old filly got a leading and tying lesson. She did ok with it but couldn't figure out why she couldn't get to her mom for nursing. This appointment took well over an hour and this poor filly thought she should nurse every 10 minutes. She was quite discouraged by the time everything was done.

Right after Oksana was put in the stocks she dumped a bunch of pus and blood out onto the stock's floor. 

That actually made me feel a lot better as the amount of discharge I saw earlier was so little I thought maybe I was being a Nervous Nelly and ran her to the vet clinic unnecessarily. Dr. Pallen gloved up and felt around in her uterus pulling out lots of pus and debris. 

She had to start pumping treated iodined water into the uterus then flushing it out.

All was going well until just maybe a little too much treated water entered the uterus and came out in an explosion covering Dr. Pallen's face, neck and scrubs.

 To Dr. Pallen's credit she did not pull her arm out. Of course maybe she was just trying to plug the dam. Below she is just drenched with all kinds of stuff, even stuff stuck on her neck. That is NOT the kind of wet t shirt one ever desires. 

By the time the flush was running out clear Oksana was more than ready to go home. She was sent home with instructions for 3 meds. It was almost 5:00 pm before Oksana and her filly were back in the stall to rest. That poor filly was exhausted from the trailer ride then having to stand tied so long. She took a long nap. After supper Oksana was given all of her meds then these two were put out for the night. Roxanne's colt was brought in and his shot given, the stalls cleaned, horses grained and only now can I come in and rest. 

Joan and Mom left for Bluffton, Bethany went into labor this morning and delivered a baby boy and he just happened to be born on his daddy, Bill's birthday.  Joan sent this picture:

His name is William Henry Frauhiger, and he weighs 6 pounds 11 ounces. He is welcomed home by his big brother Joshua and his parents Bill and Bethany Frauhiger. And now for a few pictures of his proud parents and big brother.