2010 not starting out so good. RIP Waarom. update post #77

[sfstable]

I am posting here rather than the horse care forums as this is the forum I most frequently visit.

Please jingle away for my daughter's 6 year old show mare. She had slightly coliced Wed evening but was dehydrated so since it was the holiday weekend and we have to go to a show, my vet and I thought it would be good to take her to the UF vet center yesterday for monitoring and rehydration. I left her there thinking it was a simple colic case to be resolved easy.

I got a call from the vet at 5:30AM this morning and she is now taken a turn for the worse. Not sure what is really going on and I was very "foggy" when awoken by the phone call so I am not sure I grasped what is going on. I don't really want to post more details as I am not sure I would post them correctly.

Anyways, please jingle for her she is a super special mare. I know that the COTH jingles help :)

[shea'smom]

JINGLES!! Keep us posted.

[VirginiaBred]

:no: Prayers for your lovely girl. Keep us posted.

[arizonard]

Jingles for you and yours! Hope the next update is a better one.

[Quinn]

Sending you jingles and prayers for a quick and complete recovery.

http://community.webshots.com/user/ballyduff

[clint]

Sending jingles for a quick and complete recovery for your mare!

[TrueColours]

Oh shoot ... what an awful start to 2010 for you ...

Big Canadian Jingles for your mare ...

[monstrpony]

More jingles! Hope it resolves quickly!!

[mlranchtx]

Huge jingles from TX! :yes:

[Home Again Farm]

Jingling like mad for your girl!!

[mustangtrailrider]

Jingles from SC for your special girl. Please let us know how she does.

[genevieveg17]

Jingles from California

[Equilibrium]

Jingles for your mare!

Terri

[nsm]

Sending all the jingles, good wishes and prayers I can-
So hoping for a positive update-
Nancy

[Zydeco Sport Horses]

Jingles from south Louisiana. Hoping for a positive update soon!

[Zu Zu]

Jingles for the show mare ~ how wise you were to leave her at the clinic for monitoring ! Jingle Jingle Jingle & AO ~ AO ~ AO ~ Always Optimistic !

[Piatt Farms]

Jingles from Oklahoma for your mare. Hopes for a speedy recovery!!!

[kookicat]

Sending huge jingles!

[Sugarbrook]

Many many JINGLES from Central Florida. Please keep us updated. We do care.

[certifiedgirl]

Sending jingles!!!

[misita]

Sending you jingles and prayers for a quick and complete recovery.

[springer]

If she is in Gainesville she is in very good hands. I speak from experience! Jingling from Montana -

[nsm]

How is she doing?? Update?? Still jingling-

Nancy

[Timex]

Great big NY jingles for your girl! Any news?

[HSGF]

Sending lots of jingles to your mare.......

[sfstable]

I had thought I was just taking my mare to U of F vet clinic with a simple colic for fluids and rehydration since we are busy at a show this weekend and I wanted her monitored.

At 5:30AM this morning, the vet called and my mare was presenting with acute blindness and in a manic state (she is normally extremely laid back). They weren't quite sure what was going on. She is upto date on all vaccinations, aggressively wormed and in excellent condition.

At about 10:30AM the vet called back and her vision was coming and going in one eye but the other was still blind. She was continuing in a manic condition (basically circling the stall without cease).

They are diagnosing her with an extremely rare condition which is (I believe) called "GI induced hyperammonemia" (spelling ?) Basically (the way I understand it) the food in her stomach did not move, fermented and released ammonia into her blood stream causing liver problems which lead to brain swelling. Treatment is aggressive antibiotic, aggressive fluids and lactulose (and maybe a few other things which I can't completely remember). She was given a 50/50 chance.

Tonight the vet called and she is very cautiously optimistic. Her vision has returned and manic state has almost resolved for now. They will rerun the ammonia levels tomorrow. I am so glad that we took her to U of F because she would not have had any chance if we had not -- this is something that can not be treated at a local vet and if she had been at my farm when she deteriorated I would have never been able to get her in my horse trailer.

She is passing manure and has been passing manure with the oil that was given by my vet so looks like no obstructions and no surgery at this point.

So please continue to jingle for her. I know they are working :) This is a link to her page on my website if you would like to see who you are jingling for: http://www.seafiresporthorses.com/waarom.html

I will update again tomorrow evening. Thank you everyone.

[Zu Zu]

OMG ~ How TERRIBLE ~ so sorry you and your mare are going through this ~ Jingles continue for your fancy mare to recover. Thank you for the update ~ Jingles & AO Always Optimistic !

[risingstarfarm]

Keeping your mare in my thoughts! How scary!

Best wishes for a complete and rapid recovery.

[EquineLVR]

HUGE Jingles from CO!!! Hang in there!

[twofatponies]

Good grief! That's scary. Big hugs and jingles!!!

[flashykatt]

SHEESH what an absolutely terrifying thing!! Not mention, bizarre!

Sending jingles like crazy...hope she recovers quickly!

[3Dogs]

just catching up on this - many many jingles for your mare!

[3horsemom]

she is a lovely mare. praying for her recovery. good luck.

[cottagefarm]

Jingles!!!
Let me know if you need anything . I'm only 30 mins from UF

Praying that your girl makes a full recovery

[selah]

Adding my prayers & jingles!

[Mara]

Major jingles! And good on you for getting her to U of F so quickly.

Is this something that is likely to give her problems later, or is it just a one-time thing caused by the colic?

[sfstable]

The vet just called and my mare died. She took a huge sudden turn for the worse and looks like she had a brain aneurysm. I am sobbing as I write this but I wanted to update all of you and I cannot go to sleep right now. Thank you for all of your jingles.

[risingstarfarm]

I am so sorry for your terrible loss. What a shock.

RIP sweet girl.

[twofatponies]

Wow, 2010 is starting out rough. So sorry about your mare. What a shame.

[Zydeco Sport Horses]

Condolences SF and hugs to you and your daughter.

[selah]

Ooh:(
((HUG))

[vita_impavida]

Not the update I was hoping for. I am so sorry for your loss...

{{{{HUGS}}}} and my sincerest and heartfelt condolences.

RIP beautiful Waarom, you were much loved.

[3horsemom]

i am so sorry.
we lost our daughter's competiton mare to colic in april.
i feel your pain as you console your child and grieve as well.

[Mara]

*hugs*, and I am so sorry. I know you did everything you could.

[flashykatt]

So, so sorry for your loss. Not only losing your mare but in such a scary and terrible way.

At least you know you gave her the absolute BEST possible chance at fighting this, and that you did everything you could...:cry::cry::cry:

[HSGF]

I am so sorry for your loss of your special mare.... :(

[jenm]

Oh my gosh...I'm so very, very sorry to hear of this tragic outcome. Sending many hugs to you and your daughter.

[spacely]

I am so, so sorry. :cry:

[Dressage-ryder]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[chemteach]

So sorry! 2010 has not started well for several members of this board with horses and foals lost! Hugs to you and your daughter.

[Molly Malone]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[VirginiaBred]

Prayers for you. I'm so very sorry for your loss. :(

[peskee]

Condolences to you and your daughter....RIP Waarom

[bloomingtonfarm]

Just catching up on this to learn such a tragic ending.... I am so so sorry for your lost. This was a very well bred mare, really a great lost. I just imported a mare from Holland by Calvados and she looks so much like yours… this is terrible. My deepest condolences to you .

[hansiska]

I'm so sorry! What a lovely mare you were, Waarom.

[Sugarbrook]

Not the news i was wanting to hear this am. What a loss for you and your daughter. Prayers to all.

[Sunnydays]

So sad for you and your daughter. You must be suffering terribly, and I wish I could comfort you.
Sincerely,
Kathleen

[3Dogs]

I am so sorry - please send condolences to your daughter - I know both of you are devastated :cry:

[Edgewood]

My condolences to you and your daughter.:sadsmile::sadsmile::sadsmile:

[Dutch]

How tragic! I am so very sorry, but at least you did the right thing in taking her to the hospital. Some things are beyond our control.

[nsm]

I am so sorry, my deepest condolences to both you and your daughter,

Nancy

[Quinn]

I'm so terribly sorry. My heartfelt condolences to both you and your daughter.

http://community.webshots.com/user/ballyduff

[Zu Zu]

So very sorry for your loss ~and for your daughter's loss ~~~~~~ RIP Waarom. Thoughts and prayers for all who loved the lovely show mare.

[windyoak]

I am so sorry for your loss. Cyber hugs to you and your daughter. How sad this post has been to follow... :(

[2boys]

Oh God. I am so sorry! She was a lovely girl.:cry:

[Timex]

Damn. I'm so sorry.

[EquineLVR]

I am so so sorry.. huge hugs... Godspeed Waarom..

[Majestic Gaits]

So sorry to hear. :-( We lost a foal suddenly recently too and it just is so scarey how fast things can happen. We did not even have time to treat. Lacerated ulcer. My condolences for you and your daughter. And wishes for everyone that we have no more of this!

Kathy

[clint]

OMG, I'm so sorry. Many hugs to you. :(

[arizonard]

I'm really sorry to hear about your loss.

[Home Again Farm]

I am so very sorry. RIP Waarom. :(:(:(

[au_panda]

So sorry to hear of the loss of your mare. Condolences to you and your daughter.

[cottagefarm]

So sorry to hear your sad news.:cry:
Hugs to you and your daughter

[kookicat]

I'm so sorry. {{hugs}} She was a lovely girl.

[sketcher]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your mare.

It is amazing the things these animals can throw at you.

When you feel able could you tell us some more? Did she have an impaction which caused the food to stay in her stomach? Is the brain aneurysm somehow related?

God, sometimes horses are scary - they are so freaking fragile and unpredictable.

[Stacie]

I'm so sorry that her improvement was only temporary and you lost your mare.

[sfstable]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your mare.

It is amazing the things these animals can throw at you.

When you feel able could you tell us some more? Did she have an impaction which caused the food to stay in her stomach? Is the brain aneurysm somehow related?

God, sometimes horses are scary - they are so freaking fragile and unpredictable.


A necropsy was done today and U of F will send me/my vet the written report when completed. I don't think that anyone understands the primary cause of all of this. She was perfectly normal at feeding time that evening, ate well, kicked at her stall door (she always did this) asking for her hay. About 45 minutes after her meal she was just NQR. My vet lives behind me and was at my place within about 30 minutes of her "colic like symptoms" and she was tubed and oiled immediately. I don't think she ever had a true impaction just decreased GI motility. Surgery was never an option offered to me and if it had been it would have been immediately done if her life could have been saved.

The one blessing that I do have with her is she does have a filly which I still own. I bred her (as a 3 year old) before I imported her from Holland. I have a beautiful 2 year old filly by "Olympic" Concorde out of her. Her filly is identical to her and when they were next to each other you would mistake which was which. So she (the filly) came off "the market" this morning and will replace her mother for my daughter to show in the future.

When I found out more information from the necropsy I will post about this again.

I just want to thank everyone so much for the support and well wishes -- I really never realized how supportive these threads are until you are on the other side.:)

[blackstallion2]

Jingles for her loved ones left behind in this sad turn of events :( it does not sound like anything else could have been done... You and the vets did all you possibly could.

[vtwmbld]

Just read this thread. SO sorry to hear how your year started. Sending you positive thoughts for the future. These animals can certainly break our hearts.

[shea'smom]

I am so sorry for your loss. I have never heard of such a thing. It sounds like she was in the best hands.
I looked at your website and she had the neatest face! so sad.

[Fred]

I am so very sorry for your sad loss. My heartfelt sympathy and condolences go out to you.

[Iron Horse Farm]

I just want to thank everyone so much for the support and well wishes -- I really never realized how supportive these threads are until you are on the other side.:)

I had that same feeling when it was me.

I'm very sorry for your loss. There are no words..........

[can't re-]

I am so sorry. :(