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Griz

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#121

Jan. 28, 2003, 03:48 PM

I don't have a curb chain -- but I'll jingle the dog collar.

Has anyone heard from Colleen how Willem is doing this afteroon?
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RodeoHunter

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#122

Jan. 28, 2003, 03:54 PM

{{{{WILLEM!!!}}}}}

Get better! We loff you.

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PromQueen

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#123

Jan. 28, 2003, 05:13 PM

Jingling for you Willem.....I loff you! Think of the mannie mannie mannie karotten you'll get when you're all better! And cyber kisses from the BB family too!

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Charming

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#124

Jan. 28, 2003, 06:00 PM

jingle, jingle, jingle . . .and loff! We loff you Willem!
Charming
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jms

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#125

Jan. 28, 2003, 06:33 PM

Jingle, jingle, jingle!-we loff you too, Willem and Coreene!!!! Please!-Get Well Soon!!!
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Pirateer

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#126

Jan. 28, 2003, 06:34 PM

I'm jingling my chains like crazy! Get better soon Willem!

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MO

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#127

Jan. 28, 2003, 06:56 PM

Oh Willem, do get better soon. We love you.
Coreene, so sorry he has given you such a scare! You okay?
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wtywmn4

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#128

Jan. 28, 2003, 07:04 PM

Here's a semi update on our Willem..He is doing much much better..He still has a fever, but its looking like it is breaking. Even got to hear him talk on the phone, what a cutie!! Karoten for Willem, wheeeeeee.....Plus more jingles and lots of loff..

Coreene promised to update us when she gets home tonight. Advised her we would deluge her with emails otherwise

{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS FOR WILLEM}}}}}}}}}}}}}

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Awkremmit!

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#129

Jan. 28, 2003, 07:14 PM

JINGLES!

Oh I hope he feels better!!
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#130

Jan. 28, 2003, 07:41 PM

Jingling and hoping for the best!!

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#131

Jan. 28, 2003, 07:50 PM

Here's more jingles for Willem: jinglejinglejinglejingleJINGLE!!

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Coreene

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#132

Jan. 28, 2003, 08:36 PM

Well, this has done me in, I'm in floods now reading this and having read the email for Willem! I love you guys.

I got there just after 4, he had been picking at the hay but was very punky, and his temp was still 103. Hence the punky. Called the vet, she said do give him a bit more bute than I had originally planned. WELL, this went over like the proverbial lead balloon, I smelled like bubble gum for hours from having it yakked right back onto my clothes (for s species that is not able to spit, he can do it like a llama sometimes). This caused him SUCH drama that his respiration was elevated for a while. Then he seemed to get over himself a bit and started looking at the hay (this was about an hour later).

Then, after using a carrot to "wash out" all the leftover bubble gum "poison" in his mouth, about 20 min later he seemed to snap out of whatever, started to sweat and dug into his hay. Almost like normal. Then started to do his tricks (we have an entire series, none of them happen on command but occasionally he will string them into an Uber Trick Dance). So either the temp broke or the Bute was working reeeeeeally well, and after another stretch of time making sure that he was going to be fine I excused myself.

I will have his white count in the a.m.; separately I need to have his glucose checked when he is normal (yes, and I use that adjective with great poetic license), because normal is 70-120 and his was 150, which the vet says is probably associated with the Cushings.

So the GOOD NEWS is that he seems to be a bit better, although I will say he was a bit better when I left and keep my fingers crossed until 6 tomorrow a.m. We checked over every inch of him for any evidence of a spider bite, or any other bite, and could not find anything. More and more it's looking like we caught an upper resp really early, but again it could be a virus ... so good thing then that he's on the antibiotics, because those Cushings boys love those secondary infections.

I am always touched at how your horse loffs you so much more during and just after being sick.

Thank you, again, everyone. I hope that we have turned the right corner. I have never seen him this sick.
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Linny

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#133

Jan. 28, 2003, 09:15 PM

Thanks for the news Coreene. What a rough month this has been for you. I'm pleased that Willem seems to be getting back to "normal" (I borrow your poetic lisence here) and feeling better.

Get vell soon mein schatzi. We all LOFF you.

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Louise

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#134

Jan. 29, 2003, 03:36 AM

Good morning Mr. Willem! I hope that you are feeling better today. Please tell your Mother that you loff her today, and that you are on the road to recovery. She is so worried about you.

And, you know, so are we all. You have a very special place in our hearts, dear one. (Hope a big macho man doesn't mind an endearment like that).

Shake this nasty bug and come back to us soon.

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Jan. 29, 2003, 04:10 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I am always touched at how your horse loffs you so much more during and just after being sick.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Y'know... I know what you mean. I've been thru a lot of stuff w/ Avery the rescue TB and I find it very, very, VERY humbling how much they trust us to make it better. But it's actually pretty terrifying when you know they DO trust you to make it better and you don't have the faintest CLUE what is wrong or what to do.

Coreene, Willem - Avery and I loff you very much and are still jingling here in GA for a speedy recovery. Avery has even agreed not to try to EAT his curb chain - he will jingle it instead! Me, I think I'm gonna make me a curb chain bracelet, like we used to do as kids - that way it will be jingling ALL the time!

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Heather

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#136

Jan. 29, 2003, 04:45 AM

Just wanted to add mt best wishes for Willem. I'm not a huge fan of "silly posts" but I admit Willem's are one's I always open due to his great intellgience, charm, and humor. Even Mr. Heather, who can be a bit crusty about animals being anthropomorphized, enjoy's Willem's posts, and always asks me to read them to him when he calls me at lunch time. Every creature here is jingling something for his speedy recovery.

I was interested to read about the spider bite possibility, because my first thought was brown recluse (had a horse bitten by one in a barn I was at, very similar symptoms to WIllem's), but that horse had already started to display necrotic tissue at the bite site by about 48 hours after initial on set. So, you're probably in the clear, but just something to keep in mind (the other horse recovered fully, BTW, just had soime uncosmetic scars).

Best of luck.
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knowonder

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#137

Jan. 29, 2003, 05:31 AM

Coreene and Willem!!!

So sorry I just now caught this! I am jingling like crazy for you guys! Willem will pull through with flying colors--he wouldn't dare disappoint his modder like that since he loffs her so (and so do I my little sounding board!)

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Donna B

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#138

Jan. 29, 2003, 05:39 AM

Much better news today...
I was worried sick about Willem and Coreene last night. It is a great relief to hear that Willem seems to have turned the corner.
Willem, please check in and let us all know that you are feeling better.
Coreene, you must be done in with everything you've had to deal with in the past month. I think this may be the time to treat your self to a really fantastic pair of shoes, a week at a spa, a bottle(or two) of really good wine and any thing else your heart desires.
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#139

Jan. 29, 2003, 05:51 AM

Jumping in slightly late here, but jingling everything I've got. I'm praying Willem is continuing to improve!
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cinnabar

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#140

Jan. 29, 2003, 05:52 AM

Hi Coreene, I'm so glad to hear that Willem is feeling a bit better. Jingling for good blood work this morning!

Please take care of yourself too. I know how draining all this can be.

(((((hugs)))))
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