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Prayers for my daughter and her ill horse. (Worked, and Thank You!)
February 21, 2019, 06:47 PM
P226RNPrayers for my daughter and her ill horse. (Worked, and Thank You!)
Prayers up for them both. May God watch over them and heal them.
If it won't matter in 5 years don't give it more than 5 minutes.
February 21, 2019, 06:59 PM
David LeeNever heard of this before but it makes sinse. It doesn't sound good sigmonkey. I will say a few words before I rest this evening.
February 21, 2019, 07:07 PM
TMatsquote:
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Originally posted by TMats:
So sorry. Oil, Banamine and/or Novin, and walk, I guess. All too familiar from my years in Arizona working with horses. I would have thought the vet would give better odds. here's hoping
Thanks, and thanks to all for your kind words, thoughts and prayers.
Lube and wash from both ends, with Banamine, and she is massaging his gut as much as he can tolerate it.
She rescued him five years ago and got him a new home, but recently got him back. Another horse bit his rump several months ago and that has been a long healing process (and stressor) as he lost a lot of hip muscle from the injury and normal sloughing and atrophy during the healing.
His paddock and stall area were very sandy where he was living and his hay was flaked to the ground, so that accounts for the years of ingesting the sand.
He is 30 years old, and I think that is a lot of the factoring of his odds.
Daughter said "he lives or he dies", but she will do all she can while she can.
He has not eaten in five days now, other than nibbling a little grass, and she has to keep him from trying to roll, and she and two friends are doing round the clock watch to keep him up and walking, drinking and such.
Her "odds" at making it into the world and surviving were stacked as hard against her, so she has always been a fierce fighter herself.
She's a "Honey Badger" and very pragmatic.
Hmm. That’s pretty old. I feel you should know that in old horses, it’s usually more than simply sand impaction, or more correctly, there’s a root cause for the sand accumulation—parasitic damage to the large intestine. I’ve got a friend of almost 40 years who’s a large animal vet. I’ve seen several PMs of horses 25 years and older. I’m afraid if the bowel has been compromised, it’s difficult for the horse to get enough movement of the bowel—even with veterinary treatment. Sorry
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February 21, 2019, 07:13 PM
justjoeI'm hoping for the very best for the horse and for your kind, loving daughter.
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"You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."
February 21, 2019, 07:18 PM
ArtieSGood luck Monkey and horse family. We always worry about sand colic, and are treating our entire herd right now with sand purge to try to avoid just that fate.
God bless, and good luck.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
February 21, 2019, 07:24 PM
newtoSig765I have fought against long odds with my pets as well, and sometimes I won, and sometimes I lost, but inevitably we had to face the end together.
It's a sad reality that we mostly outlive our pets, and a blessing that we must do so, for their sake.
Mahatma Gandhi taught that “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Judging by the tenor of threads about pets on Sigforum, my guess is that Para included this in the Waiver.
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February 21, 2019, 07:31 PM
PHPaulAdd my best wishes to the list.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
February 21, 2019, 07:42 PM
sigmonkeyquote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765:...
Judging by the tenor of threads about pets on Sigforum, my guess is that Para included this in the Waiver. ....
Of this, I am certain.
@TMats; agreed.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! February 21, 2019, 07:50 PM
RileyI wish I was closer, I’d take a shift or two to keep him up.
Do not send me to a heaven where there are no dogs.
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Expectations are premeditated disappointments. February 21, 2019, 07:55 PM
Dreamerx4In my prayers this evening!
February 21, 2019, 07:57 PM
Sig2340The crew here are hoping for a full recovery.
Nice is overrated
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Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
February 21, 2019, 08:00 PM
clubleaf206I hope things turn out well.
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February 21, 2019, 08:07 PM
arfmelIn my prayers. God bless the both of them.
February 21, 2019, 08:58 PM
wreckdiverPrayers sent for a full recovery!!
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February 21, 2019, 09:04 PM
SPGPrayers for horse and daughter. Sitting here with my Coonhound who is on short time with Lymphoma
The bond between man or women with their animal friends is one of ‘the closest on this world.
I hope for the best for both
" Life is full of choices', Choices have consequences."
February 21, 2019, 09:06 PM
mjlennonPrayers for daughtermonkey and horsey. Proud of her for her compassion and diligence. Where would we be if it weren't for our animals?
February 21, 2019, 09:06 PM
mrbill345Prayers sent
“Agnostic, gun owning, conservative, college educated hillbilly” February 21, 2019, 09:06 PM
sjtillI’m praying for your daughter’s horse, but mostly for comfort and encouragement for your daughter. She must be quite resilient from what you describe, so she has inner strength to get her through this with love and prayers.
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February 21, 2019, 09:25 PM
kkinaPrayers away.
February 21, 2019, 09:35 PM
Rey HRH5% sounds slim but better than a throw of the dice. The horse has my good thoughts for what he means to your daughter.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.