Re: Erlend's health
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope Erland's recovery is both speedy and complete. And yours too. We all know how hard it is to see someone we love in pain. Kay Van Natta Yellow Pony Farm SE MI
Re: Erlend's health
This message is from: "Douglas Knutsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks Fred, and best wishes for "Showie's" recovery. Erlend thanks you for the cookies. Peg - Original Message - From: "Frederick J Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:55 PM Subject: RE: Erlend's health This message is from: "Frederick J Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Saw Peg and "Ernie" up at Pilchuck this early afternoon. Erlend "talked" me out of 5 Mrs. Pastures Horse Cookies while waiting to be poked and prodded. We picked up our 2yr old stallion "The Showman" who beat the odds and recovered from a stomach puncture surgery. Last Sunday, "Showie" was running around the driveway and front yard. He ran thru an area that he had been thru a hundred times. Against the garbage cans was a wood handled wheelbarrow standing on its nose. Showie misjudged where he was, tried to jump the wheelbarrow, broke the handle and the sharp remnant penetrated 4 inches into his belly. Off I went, speed limit and red lights be damned, to Pilchuck...70 miles away. The vet felt thru the wound hole and with touch and ultrasound they could not detect a hole in the stomach. The sharp, broken piece had penetrated at an angle. Not straight in. They decided to wait and take another blood test and belly tap in the morning. OUCH...the morning test indicated his "bad" counts had increased 10 fold indicating that there WAS a puncture and stomach fluids were leaking into the belly area. Surgery was immediately performed, a hole was found and patched and IV antibiotics begun. His white count continued to drop and antibiotics were switched. If the white count had continued to drop, they would have opened him up again and tried, again, to flush him out. The next morning the temperature began to drop, his white count began increasing. Today, he came home. He beat the odds. The doctors said that probably only 4 of 10 cases survive. Today, I am the richest man alive as I have my Showman back. Showman had a lot of people pulling for him with good thoughts and prayers. I ask those good people to direct their good thoughts and prayers toward Erlend's complete recovery. Fred and Lois All Mail is scanned in AND out by Norton Anti-virus. Fred and Lois Pack Pack's Peak Stables Wilkeson, Washington 98396
RE: Erlend's health
This message is from: "Frederick J Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Saw Peg and "Ernie" up at Pilchuck this early afternoon. Erlend "talked" me out of 5 Mrs. Pastures Horse Cookies while waiting to be poked and prodded. We picked up our 2yr old stallion "The Showman" who beat the odds and recovered from a stomach puncture surgery. Last Sunday, "Showie" was running around the driveway and front yard. He ran thru an area that he had been thru a hundred times. Against the garbage cans was a wood handled wheelbarrow standing on its nose. Showie misjudged where he was, tried to jump the wheelbarrow, broke the handle and the sharp remnant penetrated 4 inches into his belly. Off I went, speed limit and red lights be damned, to Pilchuck...70 miles away. The vet felt thru the wound hole and with touch and ultrasound they could not detect a hole in the stomach. The sharp, broken piece had penetrated at an angle. Not straight in. They decided to wait and take another blood test and belly tap in the morning. OUCH...the morning test indicated his "bad" counts had increased 10 fold indicating that there WAS a puncture and stomach fluids were leaking into the belly area. Surgery was immediately performed, a hole was found and patched and IV antibiotics begun. His white count continued to drop and antibiotics were switched. If the white count had continued to drop, they would have opened him up again and tried, again, to flush him out. The next morning the temperature began to drop, his white count began increasing. Today, he came home. He beat the odds. The doctors said that probably only 4 of 10 cases survive. Today, I am the richest man alive as I have my Showman back. Showman had a lot of people pulling for him with good thoughts and prayers. I ask those good people to direct their good thoughts and prayers toward Erlend's complete recovery. Fred and Lois All Mail is scanned in AND out by Norton Anti-virus. Fred and Lois Pack Pack's Peak Stables Wilkeson, Washington 98396
Erlend's health
This message is from: "Douglas Knutsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, "Ernie" and I just returned after 6 hours at the vet. After an ultra-sound, 15-20 x-rays, and various other unpleasant procedures, it is determined that he has no kidney problem, but does have a respiratory problem. We will know tomorrow what bugs are involved. Meanwhile he is very happy to be on Banamine and having his hay soaked for 20 minutes before being put on the dining table. He was quite perky back in his so-called pasture - what a relief. Ernie was pronounced the sweetest, most forgiving, and most patient stallion in the world. Or at least in the vet clinic So, no Libby for Ernie and maybe no Peg, depending on his progress by Thursday when Doug has to leave for the show. Dagrun will be coming, so be nice to her - she's very nice. And very competent. She will be a lot more relaxed now that she doesn't have to show Ernie in Eval and Show. She will be showing Dazzling Dan, though, so look for him. I'm sure he will be rested and happy for Winona. I'm hoping that I will be able to transfer the Eval tests that he will miss in Libby to the Winona Evaluation. Mike? A note of caution. We swept out and wet down his stall. The wood pellets I had put down had become pretty dusty. Since he uses the outdoors, rather than his stable, for his toilet [good boy] I hadn't rotated them as quickly as I usually do. So if you use the pellets, be sure to notice if they start to get dusty and remove them. Ernie would like your healing thoughts. Thanks, Peg Peg Knutsen www.fairpoint.net/~kffjord
