Another Vet Visit

It was hard to wake Saturday morning, we had potluck Friday night at Joan's house and didn't get home until late. At 6:00 am the monitor was checked and I noticed that Galena's filly took 2 tries to stand. Yesterday she was bounding up with no problem. I went straight to the barn and sure enough she was squirting diarrhea like a fountain.  She was not too dehydrated yet and still nursing well but these babies crash so quickly I wasn't about wait. Hoerr Vet clinic was called and Dr. Pallen came out. The diarrhea doesn't smell sickly, it smells like milk but is much too runny. As this filly was born 3 weeks early her intestines just need to mature a bit and we want to keep her hydrated while that happens. Dr. Pallen checked her over well,  inserted an iv and gave her 2 liters of fluids along with her foal shot of Tetanus antitoxin and Exceed.  She left me another bag of fluid if needed.  The filly was watched most of the day. She is acting normal and is full of herself cantering around her mom.  Jamie brought over a guest to see her this afternoon and took these pictures.

Mark worked on the drives today. We had a lot of rain Friday afternoon and during the night and the drive going to Spark's opened up a big sink hole and is collapsing. He shored it up best he could and is going to try to get some advice on a more permanent repair. Mom, Karin and Jackie made it home from Gulf Shores at 3:45 pm giving mom an hour to get ready for the senior citizen dinner. They left at 1:45 am and Karin drove the entire way.  They all came back quite tan.  They had beautiful warm sunny weather every day.  The senior citizen dinner is an annual event Peoria young group has put on each year for hundreds of years (that may be a slight exaggeration). This year was Mark and my first year of attending and it was really nice. They had beautifully decorated tables laden with delicious appetizers, salads and home baked pies. The main meal was whipped steaming hot potatoes, fresh green beans seasoned with savory herbs and Salisbury steak with a tasty sauce on top. Every bite was delicious. Below are a few of the honored guests.

After the meal the young kids sang for our entertainment. Below is just a part of one song taken with my phone.
After the singing Greg Rumbold had a short message.  Once home from the dinner the filly was given her pills and checked. She is full of energy running around the stall so no ivs were given tonight. The entire time I was cleaning the stall and filling Galena's water buckets she showed no sign of diarrhea. I came back to the house quickly wrote this blog post and went to bed sleeping soundly until 5:00 am. Only then did I notice I had forgotten to publish the post.