_jetset_
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Firstly, let me thank everyone for the lovely comments and PMs I have read over the past few days.
I got up to the yard at 6.45am (my lovely Dad had been there since 6am) and Grace was still down... I got her up, walked her for 5 minutes and she seemed to perk up a bit and ate a little bit of hay. I phoned the vet at 9am and they told me some of the bloods had come back and she would come up and check her.
When the vet got there she said all the bloods seemed clear other than something being slightly up, but that colic could cause that... she mentioned that she suspected gastric ulcers to be the cause of her discomfort and to try to encourage her to eat by giving her some grass. I took her out for grass and she motored into it, and even started eating some hay when I put her back in the stable.
I went up to the next yard to speak to the people converting my box, and within 15 minutes a livery had phoned to say Grace was down and rolling. I shot back, got her up and phoned the vet who suggested walking her out. However, she tried getting down on the concrete so I phoned them back and said I really wanted a referral to Leahurst.
When she saw her down she agreed, phoned the hospital and they said to bring her straight away.
Off we went to Leahurst, and when we got there she was weighed and the tests started... her white cell count was quite low which concerned them so she is being tested for salmonella as a precaution (but the low cells can also be caused by pain).They did a rectal examination and could feel something hard but couldn't get their hands around it because it was too low down because she is such a big girl. She still has loose poo, so they have put some fluids and electrolytes into her, and they are keeping a close eye on her for the next few hours.
They scoped her too, but couldn't see much because she did have some hay in her stomach so they are going to do that again.
She looked a bit brighter when they put her in a stable... so please everyone keep your fingers crossed for my dizzy ginger girl. There have been lots of tears that have been shed today, I am an absolute wreck and absolutely wiped out
I got up to the yard at 6.45am (my lovely Dad had been there since 6am) and Grace was still down... I got her up, walked her for 5 minutes and she seemed to perk up a bit and ate a little bit of hay. I phoned the vet at 9am and they told me some of the bloods had come back and she would come up and check her.
When the vet got there she said all the bloods seemed clear other than something being slightly up, but that colic could cause that... she mentioned that she suspected gastric ulcers to be the cause of her discomfort and to try to encourage her to eat by giving her some grass. I took her out for grass and she motored into it, and even started eating some hay when I put her back in the stable.
I went up to the next yard to speak to the people converting my box, and within 15 minutes a livery had phoned to say Grace was down and rolling. I shot back, got her up and phoned the vet who suggested walking her out. However, she tried getting down on the concrete so I phoned them back and said I really wanted a referral to Leahurst.
When she saw her down she agreed, phoned the hospital and they said to bring her straight away.
Off we went to Leahurst, and when we got there she was weighed and the tests started... her white cell count was quite low which concerned them so she is being tested for salmonella as a precaution (but the low cells can also be caused by pain).They did a rectal examination and could feel something hard but couldn't get their hands around it because it was too low down because she is such a big girl. She still has loose poo, so they have put some fluids and electrolytes into her, and they are keeping a close eye on her for the next few hours.
They scoped her too, but couldn't see much because she did have some hay in her stomach so they are going to do that again.
She looked a bit brighter when they put her in a stable... so please everyone keep your fingers crossed for my dizzy ginger girl. There have been lots of tears that have been shed today, I am an absolute wreck and absolutely wiped out
