Heartbroken - Emergency Colic Surgery

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Ferns Magic Breeze

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Yesterday My Horse was rushed into emergency colic surgery and he had-an impaction and a twisted gut he was on the table for 3.5 hours.
He had a settled night is bright and perky this morning which the Vets are pleased with and hes showed no signs of colic, he even barged out his stable for a bid for freedom but on a down note he hasnt passed any droppings since the surgery and the Vets are very concerned about this and that the gut isnt working correctly. They are going to keep him on IV fluids and tube his stomach to try encourage him to pass droppings later on and then let me know what is going on.

Has anyone's horse had Surgery and taken a few days to pass droppings or needed help? In my head im preparing for the worse...

Thank you, feeling totally lost without My Boy :'(
 
Mine had surgery on the Monday, still no gut movement by the Weds plus a build up of fluid so they opened him up again to drain it, on the Friday with no gut movement they decided to call it a day and took him outside for a pick of grass on the way to be pts, eating obvious triggered something and he started working properly again, he came home and lived a normal life for the next 12 years or so, don't give up hope it sounds as if he is well in himself.

Will be thinking of you and keeping fingers crossed he pulls through.
 
One of mine had an emergency operation for impacted colic. He recovered really well and stayed up at Newmarket for seven days. Came home and I followed his rehab to the letter and not had a problem since.

Fingers crossed for boy. It can take a little while for their guts to get going again.
 
I had a horse operated on, he had E coli poisoning although they didn't know it at the time. He had eaten something sharp possibly the hawthorn and it had pierced the gut wall and let the e coli from the gut into the blood stream. He recovered from the operation but the poisoning had damaged the gut so badly that it did not work properly again. Sadly we lost him. However, a great many horses do recover from surgery and go on to live normal lives. I know how frightening and worrying this is for you, we were away in Italy at the time and got the dreaded call and flew straight home, he had been operated on buy the time we got home. Please let us know how he goes on and do take care of yourself, he sounds bright enough in himself. I will be thinking of you, big hugs. x
 
Ferns Magic Breeze said:
Yesterday My Horse was rushed into emergency colic surgery and he had-an impaction and a twisted gut he was on the table for 3.5 hours.
He had a settled night is bright and perky this morning which the Vets are pleased with and hes showed no signs of colic, he even barged out his stable for a bid for freedom but on a down note he hasnt passed any droppings since the surgery and the Vets are very concerned about this and that the gut isnt working correctly. They are going to keep him on IV fluids and tube his stomach to try encourage him to pass droppings later on and then let me know what is going on.

Has anyone's horse had Surgery and taken a few days to pass droppings or needed help? In my head im preparing for the worse...

Thank you, feeling totally lost without My Boy :'(
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Not surgery but my pony took a while after starved her for the night as it has to be broken now mid way in intestines and can take time to pass to hind gut
 
I'm sorry but can't remember to the exact hours and days. I don't think Iona had passed droppings within 15h though. There was nothing in her tummy to get rid of so she couldn't. Took several days for get to be given any haylage and then for it to work its way through. X
 
Thankfully I've never been through this but just wanted to say Im crossing everything for you, please let us know any news, take care love xx
 
I've had 2 go through colic surgery, years apart and neither due to my care (one out on loan and second on full livery).
Both survived although the days/ weeks after were stressful while I watched and waited for progress.
Like others have said, it can take a bit of time for food to move through. Can you hear gut noise if you put your ear to your horse's side? If your horse is comfortable and not showing signs of further colic then that's a good sign.
Thinking of you x
 
Thank you all for you replies and well wishing vibes such a lovely thing to read this morning and made me smile alot after another sleepless night! We saw him last night and he was alot perkier in himself still no droppings so they flushed him with electrolytes and have kept him on the IV fluids and a antibiotic drip. Vets just called he had a good night no signs of colic (thank god) still no droppings, so they have tubed him again this morning, there going to take him for a pick of grass later to see whether this helps move things along. They said they arnt no where near as worried about him anymore as he is so happy in himself, drinking etc, peeing etc and they type of surgery he had was very invasive and they ended up having to cut into his ceecum to get to the impaction and un twist the gut. Off to go see him after work this evening so fingers crossed we have a poo, will keep you al updated xx

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...74871222.35896.100001645805619&type=3&theater - Pear last night x
 
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I hope he is the mend soon. Just a random thought but whenever I need my horse to produce a dropping sample, all I have to do is get his travel boots out and leave them in his stable! Apparently an old nagsman way of getting a horse to pass droppings when colicky was to put horse/pony on to a trailer/horsebox - not even to go anywhere. I don't know if he would respond to seeing his travel kit?
 
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