Vibes for Maisie please!

Glad to hear there's some improvement, Jenny. Hoping that it continues. Get well, sweet Maisie! Sending vibes.

I'm glad to hear there's an improvement! And we all do understand how worried you can get about your babies!

Thinking of sweet Maisie, Tartine, baby, and Jenny!

She's on a rollercoaster - not well this morning. She was lying in the shelter and looking very unhappy. When she did get up she was standing stretched out as if she was going to stale, but didn't. I got her to eat half a carrot in little bits. But she is pooping. The vet is not answering his phone and I can't get hold of anyone else till tomorrow morning, so I really don't know what to do. I have to give her an antibiotic this afternoon, maybe that will help. When will this end? And how?

Originally Posted by jennyranson

She's on a rollercoaster - not well this morning. She was lying in the shelter and looking very unhappy. When she did get up she was standing stretched out as if she was going to stale, but didn't. I got her to eat half a carrot in little bits. But she is pooping. The vet is not answering his phone and I can't get hold of anyone else till tomorrow morning, so I really don't know what to do. I have to give her an antibiotic this afternoon, maybe that will help. When will this end? And how?

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Poor you, poor Maisie, and poor Tartine. How stressful for all of you.

Oh Jenny I was hoping for better news today.

You and Maisie are fighting for two...
her and her foal.
You are doing such a wonderful job caring for them...
Move calm, healing vibes are on the way.

I wish you an answer and a solution soon. Here's hoping the antibiotic shot later today makes her feel better.

I am . Maisie was very lethargic all day, just lying in the field or stable, and I went and petted her a few times, until it was time for her injection, which she let me do very easily. But afterwards she seemed to lose her balance and almost fell over, turning around as if she was really uncomfortable. At one point her two front feet were crossed over! I was really in panic. I went and phoned the vet, left a message, no one called. Then I started some research ( I was a journalist after all) and got the number of a specialist horse clinic about 30 miles from here. I called them and they were wonderful and sent one of their vets out to see her. She pumped Maisie's stomach out (nothing abnormal), took a blood test ( I have been asking my vet to do that for days) and really gave her a very careful examination. The poor pony has a high fever again. Anyway, she wants Maisie to go into the clinic for ultrasound and further tests. She looked at the antibiotic the vet had given me and the dosage and said it was probably that which had caused her fit of staggering as he had prescribed a dose for an adult horse! And it is a medicine normally given into a vein, and I had injected it into a muscle (as he had told me to).
So tomorrow a friend is going to help me load Maisie into my van and take her to the clinic. That will not be easy so we will need lots of vibes, but at last I feel I am in the hands of professionals who really understand ponies.

Oh NO! I would be fuming. I get so aggitated with "some" vets we entrust our babies lives to and I hear of things like this more and more.

Thank God you got someone out there to look at her. Maybe now you can get to the bottom of this and get her on her way to recovery.

Many vibes to you and Maise tomorrow gettting her to the clinic and finding out just what is going on with her. Good Luck!

I'm so relieved that you've got someone more reliable on the case now! Vibes for loading poor Maisie!

Thank God. I've been wishing you could get an u/s to see what position this foal is in, how the amount of fluid around the foal looks, though I realize she probably means just looking at the intestines...but in any case...bravo for finding them...now I think your girl and her foal have a real chance at getting better.

I would also be Maisie will now be in the hands of professionals, and things will hopefully improve soon. Many vibes for getting her in the van tomorrow.

for you and Maisie, jenny. Hope thongs go well at the clinic.

Someone needs a tongue lashing on the other end of the phone!

((((((( healthy vibes))))))) on their way again for Maisie

That is an outrage.

Thank heavens you finally have a vet who knows how to care for Maisie.
Good luck moving her tomorrow.
Lots of calming vibes are on the way.

Oh, Jenny! That truly is an outrage! I'm glad you've connected now with professionals who know what they are doing. Many vibes on their way -- I hope this change of direction gets results and that poor Maisie is on the road to recovery soon. What an ordeal for you.

How very scary for you - and poor, poor Maisie!

Hopefully things will start looking up for her now, though.

Glad you have found a specialist vet, hope things go well today

How incredibly infuriating, Jenny!

I'm pleased to hear that you've found a specialist vet who will put Maisie in the safest hands and get her on the road to recovery

Many Calming and Good Luck }}}VIBES{{{ coming your way for today