Please keep your fingers crossed - colic surgery

I have been checking this daily with baited breath and I have to confess a tear in my eye and have kept everything crossed for you and George.

What a fighter he is, if any horse deserves to make it surely your boy does? Shall keep sending good vibes and will do so for as long as it takes.:)
 
Thanks everyone. He has done well today, but I am a bag of nerves. We've started to reintroduce food and this is make or break time as if he colics again it's likely to be a sign that his 'new' guts can't cope with food...which obviously would mean we have to let him go :(

He has had a few brief grazes in hand today, wolfed down one bran mash and then turned his nose up at another...which is not like him as he is the least fussy eater you could imagine (although he did pick out all the grass which we had put on top to make it a bit tastier). He has been doing rather more stomach watching than I'd like and there has been no poo-action since this morning so I'm on tenterhooks. His heart rate has been staying down though and he has otherwise been quite relaxed so the vets have said (and we're all desperately hoping) that it may just be that he has a bit of discomfort from stomach ulcers caused by the reflux and/or from food passing through the part of his intestines where they operated. It should take up to 48 hours for food to pass from his mouth to the floor ( ;) ) and I know that I'll be tying myself in knots unless and until I see something come out!

The vets have also been talking about taking him off his IV drip and stopping his antibiotics. Whilst this is hopefully a step in the right direction and obviously he needs to be able to live independently outside of an equine hospital...I am scared stiff as at the moment all of these things are propping him up and keeping him stable. I'm worried that once these bits of medical support are removed things will go pearshaped.

So in summary, he did well today whilst I got anxious about pretty much everything!

Fizzer - I hope your friend's horse starts to improve very soon. It is the most emotionally draining experience but it can end happily...the horse opposite George had colic surgery on the same day as his first op (last Monday) and she gets to go home tomorrow :D
 
Well done George and SplishSplash I've been following your thread every day now with everything crossed for a positive result. As someone else said, where there's life there's hope and both of you are incredibly strong.

Keeping everything crossed again. Xx
 
That's great and it's sounding positive that they're talking about taking him off the drips etc. fingers crossed for George and you.
 
:) More posstive news. Come on George, give us some nice smelly poo to cheer about!

Hugs to yo SplishSplash, I can't imagine what you are going through right now.
 
He's been ok today :). He's been off his drip and antibiotics since the early hours and so far has stayed stable. He hasn't drunk anything, but his bloods are showing he's hydrated so hopefully he's just not thirsty yet. He's also eating but his appetite is quite suppressed. No poo yet but he's looked quite comfy (if exhausted) today so hopefully things are still working through his system. The vets are talking about stopping his pain meds soon too and if he copes with that and continues otherwise to stay stable, he'll be pretty much independent of drugs. He's still a critically ill horse and we have miles and miles of recovery ahead of him, but he's been taking some good steps in the right direction. Provided we don't have an overnight disaster (which is still a definite possibility), I will try to post some photos of him tomorrow so you can all see who you've kindly been rooting for :)
 
So glad to hear some more positive news! Keep going George, you can do it!

Look forward to seeing pics when you have time, hope you're taking care of yourself too. Xx
 
Like many others I'm sure, have been checking in every day to see how the patient is doing :)


So encouraging to read your more postive posts, I so hope he continues to improve steadily from here. If good wishes alone could get him through, I'm sure he'd be bouncing in no time! Luckily, he also appears to be a fantastically brave boy


All good wishes to you and George x
 
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