It Ain't Over Till the Hammer Falls
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:26 am
I'm plotting to sell some babies... and one of my "selections" was my fabulous filly out of Princess Omar.
She came down with pneumonia six days ago, we caught it. She had gotten as far as joint ill in one hock. So she got VERY aggressive treatment; IV catheter, IV Pfizerpen every six hours, another antibiotic every 24 hrs, etc. It was all gone the other night, fever down to 101 not artificially suppressed, joint ill gone, filly lively and bouncing off the wall... and walked under one of the fullish water buckets and dumped it all over herself.
Later, she was playing in the empty bucket, smacking her lips, so my thoughtful husband thought she must be thirsty -- even though there was a full bucket beside it and a mare with a full bag of milk nearby... he filled the bucket and the filly plunged her head in, snorted a lungful of water and died -- drowned. We tried everything, CPR, sucking the water out her nostrils.. she died in my arms.
I swear, even if I had rubber rooms, they would still find a way.
She came down with pneumonia six days ago, we caught it. She had gotten as far as joint ill in one hock. So she got VERY aggressive treatment; IV catheter, IV Pfizerpen every six hours, another antibiotic every 24 hrs, etc. It was all gone the other night, fever down to 101 not artificially suppressed, joint ill gone, filly lively and bouncing off the wall... and walked under one of the fullish water buckets and dumped it all over herself.
Later, she was playing in the empty bucket, smacking her lips, so my thoughtful husband thought she must be thirsty -- even though there was a full bucket beside it and a mare with a full bag of milk nearby... he filled the bucket and the filly plunged her head in, snorted a lungful of water and died -- drowned. We tried everything, CPR, sucking the water out her nostrils.. she died in my arms.
I swear, even if I had rubber rooms, they would still find a way.
You are so right! 
It's amazing any of them make it to adulthood. So sorry! 
, and thankfully the vet bills were not more prolonged in reaching the same result. Apparently the foal felt a need for drink as a symptom of its illness. You did not cause the death! 
