This week has been a study in opposites. Isis is a more mature, mellow mare whose Egyptian and Crabbet bloodlines mean that she has the looks with a lot of common sense. Rajiyyah is a straight Egyptian, so she has lots of looks and not as much common sense. She is a sweet, intelligent horse who will listen when you say it’s all right. She is very spirited but doesn’t have a mean...
Continue reading...September 2006
Adobe to Discontinue Adobe SVG Viewer
After several years without development, Adobe has finally announced that it will end-of-life the SVG Viewer. Support will be discontinued on January 1, 2007, and downloads of the viewer will cease some time early 2008. This is unfortunate because Adobe SVG Viewer (SVG) is one of the better, more complete implementations of the SVG specifications. One of the reasons cited for EOL-ing the viewer is supposed native support in some browsers. While there...
Continue reading...Rain Rot Again
Only Isis would get rain rot confined in a stall. Go figure! Since the colic surgery, she has been off of grain and therefore also off of her supplement. It is now painfully obvious to me just how much her supplement helps her. When I first started her on Joint Combo Hoof and Coat, she was nearly bald from rain rot. After about two weeks on it, she started fighting off the rain...
Continue reading...Another day at home
The Bay Wonder Mare(tm) continues to enjoy being at home. The first day she was home, she seemed to relax. Her entire body language was softer — as if it was safe for her to finally show just how exhausted she is. She has been getting out twice per day for good grazing while being lead on a leadrope. I put Rajiyyah’s stall ball in Isis’ stall. She glared at it and backed...
Continue reading...Isis is home!
Isis came home last night. Got on the trailer like a champ and hauled quietly back. She settled in immediately, happily munching hay and looking around. Her body seemed to relax again to realize where she is. I called the vet school twice to verify the amount of hay she’s allowed to have and whether she can have a mineral block. I’m going back out to see Isis after work today. Recovery will...
Continue reading...Heading home!
The Bay Wonder Mare(tm) is coming home tonight! It’s been a long hard haul for the past week and a half. Part of me can’t believe she’ll be in her stall. The other part feels slightly paranoid that something might happen. I’m glad the vet hospital is close so if anything happens we’re not that far away. Related Images:
Continue reading...Boogie Down, Bay Mare!
Man, talk about an up-and-down week! About 1:30 AM Tuesday morning, Isis colicked. Very mild, from what they said. She basically went down, got back up, had a slightly elevated heart rate and that was it. She was given some mineral oil. During the day, she passed the mineral oil and had a very good appetite. I saw Isis yesterday evening after work. Her vet student had taken her out to graze and...
Continue reading...Fare well, Crocodile Hunter
Queensland authorities have reported the freakish death of Steve Irwin this morning. Irwin apparently was swimming alongside a bull stingray when it attacked, striking Irwin in the chest with its spiked tail. Crikey. Related Images:
Continue reading...Setbacks
At 8:00 AM this morning, my cell phone rang. Remember those calls I was dreading last week? Well I got one today. Isis had a mild colic episode this morning. It was easily resolved and treated. However, the bout could indicate other problems are developing– including adhesions. He is going to scope her this afternoon and then let me know. She will not be coming home today. If it is adhesions, that would...
Continue reading...PHP Issue
Apparently, the Previous posts link at the bottom of page returns only the posts on the front page. I think this is an issue in the PHP coding in the theme I’m currently using. I’m troubleshooting this currently and will hopefully have it resolved soon. Meanwhile, please use the archive calendar on the right to view older posts. Related Images:
Continue reading...Awesome news!
Some excellent news this morning! The vet said that Isis will be evaluated tomorrow morning to see if she can come home. Yay! Her staples may also come out today or tomorrow. I dropped by this afternoon and interrupted Isis’ nap. She was so sleepy. She had plenty of dry hay to eat and two buckets of water. She definitely seems to be more her old self. Her left eye lid is still...
Continue reading...Email notifications for posts and comments
A friend of mine left a comment that it would be nice to be able to be notified when a new post or comment was posted. I found two plugins that will do this: Subscribe2 allows users to be notified upon new posts and Subscribe to Comment provides the same function only for comments instead of posts. Both of these plugins are available in the WordPress Codex pages. Let me know how they...
Continue reading...Weekend update
Good news! Isis continues to improve and has been doing well. Two of the spots where the IV was sutured to her had some issues, but that has cleared up now. She is completely off of IVs and fluids. She’s eating hay and grazing regularly. A chicago screw came out of her halter, so I opted to buy her a new one. It seemed appropriate symbolism — putting the old halter behind her...
Continue reading...Sunday Picture of Isis
Daily picture of Isis on day 8 of her hospital stay. Related Images:
Continue reading...Bay Mare Boogies On!
Okay, have to make this fast because I’m still at work. The vet just called. Isis is doing GREAT! She’s truly the Miracle Mare(tm)! She is grazing at regular intervals and can’t get enough of it. Apparently she is knickering at every person who walks by, “Please take me out.” She will get some wet hay tomorrow and more grazing. On Sunday she will get as much hay as she wants. Monday or...
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