Atypical Myopathy ASAP pls

Those are promising bloods. 10 years ago I lost one and as soon as the other one showed sign he was whipped straight to the clinic. That was a Saturday & it was Tuesday before the AST levels were low enough to read. He recovered well. I took it slow getting him back to fitness and I still have him. He's 25 and still in light work.
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This is exactly the scenario my friend has experienced. So while she has lost her other mare it helped the other mare. I am so happy your horse made such a good recovery and is still going strong!
 
hock said:
A super update, we are dancing and celebrating in the isles with relief!

No drips over night
Vitals fine
Ck normal 370 with no dilution required
AST 1467 with dilution but they very happy
She can come home tomorrow 🥳🥳

Thank you for all the advice and prayers. What’s the collective noun for a group of legends? Xx
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Good bloods - I've had worse with my PSSM mare.

AST takes a while to go back down and the horse often continues to feel rough while its high but it sounds like the muscles are on the mend. Huge relief
 
Hello...our 12.3 pony had atypical myopathy Nov 2024...very similar signs to colic but no temp and was eating and pooping...the only reason we escalated to getting the vet out is because when walking him he was lethargic and sweating profusely and gritting his teeth , he pawed at the floor in his stable and stood like he needed a wee but never got down , his heartrate was 88 too which was extremelyhigh as should be 44/46...this was due to his muscles being attacked by the sycamore toxins and the excruciating pain he was in triggered by us trying to walk him , had we not of got him out of his stable and walked him and seem he wasn't right he wouldn't of survived the night as we wouldn't of known the extent of his symptoms...luckily our vet acted fast too and we was in a position to get him to leahurst veterinary hospital roughly 45 Miles from us in a friend's stallion horsebox which helped keep him elevated and secure on his journey...we was told we wouldn't of been wrong to pts there and then , however we was advised there was a chance he could be saved if it was within our means and we acted promptly.
After he was examined at the hospital we was advised that his prognosis was very very slim as he was extremely poorly and he was passing visible blood when urinating indicating the extent of the toxins through his system and his whole body at this point was spasming very badly.
Happy to report though that after a 6 day stay which was spent mostly in critical care on 24/7 watch our boy pulled through and came home.
Obviously hes suffered severe muscle damage as his kidney enzymes where upto 350,000 when should be 500 , but physically not visible to the eye...with him being 10, fit and having plenty of muscle mass due to being worked this has gone massively in his favour and helped him survive this the vets said.
Upto now after a few weeks box rest then little 5 min walks for 2 weeks and then just using the walker he seems to be doing great...hopefully he will continue to go in the right direction any my daughter can hop back on board ready for Pony camp in August and he can start to have some well needed field playtime soon too.
 
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