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...
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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...
Continue reading...Waiting…part 2
I’m waiting on a call back from the vet. Isis is supposed to start eating today. I’m anxious to know how she has been doing. Back to my meeting… I’ll update here as soon as I hear anything. Related Images:
Continue reading...Animatronic VoIP Phones
This is just too silly. During my lunchtime reading, I discovered an article on The Register about some animatronic VoIP phones called Verballs. These things are so silly they are cute. Apparently, whenever a call comes through on Skype, the hands move, the horns light up, and the critters make noise. Very silly. Very cute. Not sure I’d want to pay 35 quid for one. Related Images:
Continue reading...Bay Mare Boogie!
The good news continues (yay!). She drank water this morning. She seems to be handling everything well. The path out of the woods continues to brighten. She has been pawing whenever she comes back in from being outside — but it is out of boredom/pissiness rather than pain. She wants to go back outside and is tired of being in the stall. Her vet said that she will be able to graze tomorrow...
Continue reading...New WordPress Theme
Testing out a new theme. I wanted something different after using the Squibble theme for so many months. This particualr theme (dfire) uses a lot of pixel measurements in the CSS instead of using fluid design. I am going to see if I can work with it some more and get it to be a fluid design. I’m also going to work on doing a custom design instead of this one. I want...
Continue reading...It’s the Miracle Mare!
PROGRESS!! Finally! The biggest news: her small intestines have motility! WOOHOO! No signs of the evil “L” word (knock on wood). Some possible signs of very minor infection around the incision sight (not unusual)–she has been started on another round antibiotics just in case. (Can’t say I’d like to get my doses of meds up my derriere… aren’t many other options when she can’t take anything orally. But she’s being good, probably easier...
Continue reading...Afternoon update
Good news at last! The vet said that the last time Isis was tubed this morning she had about half of the amount of fluid she had the day before. She also passed some manure (very positive). So overall medically today she looks better than she did yesterday. She has some swelling on her incision, which might mean a low-grade infection. She started her on antibioitic, which is administered as a paste through...
Continue reading...Good article on colic
I found a good article on colic. It is some hard reading, especially when you get to the mortality rate for horses who had similar cases to Isis (50-75% mortality in the worst cases). The article covers pre-op to post-op care. The good news was that 90% of the horses who survived the surger and fully recovered were able to return to the original occupations/use. Colic: Pre-op to Post-op Related Images:
Continue reading...Yesterday’s visit
On Monday evening, Isis had looked so much better. She seemed awake and aware and happy to see everyone to came in to visit her. Yesterday she seemed more subdued. Even the vet student commented on how Isis seemed more depressed in the evening. Isis has lost weight, which is expected. Last night was the first time I could really see how it was effecting her. Her coat is still shiny, but she...
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