Update on little Nancy with COPD

[pinkcatkin]

On Friday the vet, the owner and we (who have her on permanent loan) agreed that it would not be fair to keep Nancy going if her breathing cannot be improved considerably. She was found to have a temperature of 104.5 which was very high and could mean that she has had an underlying infection all this time which has made things much worse.

We are trying her on a combination of steroids (even more pressure to watch her grass intake!), Ventapulmin and antibiotics, with a view to using Ventapulmin on a maintenance level rather than treating as and when she is bad. We have to report to vet tomorrow but as I write I am sad to say there has not been a great improvement.

She looks the picture of health, gleaming coat, bright eyes, no reluctance to munch but yesterday she was grunting when exhaling which was a bit different to normal.

Poor little Nancy.

 

[michaelj]

=[ Good Luck Nancy
xxx (For Nancy)

 

[cyrilsmum]

Don't give up hope, my cob was so bad with his breathing a few years ago it would take 20 mins to get him in from the field, a distance of about 50 yards. I begged the vet a couple of times to shoot him as I couldn't stand to see him that way, but he was determined to do his best for him. I'm please to say that a few courses of inhaled steroids and he was ridable again although only hacking to begin with. 7 years on, we have just managed his first summer without vet. drugs, each year having decreased from steroids to ventapulmin to NAF suppliments. I know every horse is different, but we have managed fun rides, showing and lessons and he is happy and largely well. He will never be 100% but we love him and enjoy what we can when we can. Hope Nancy gets well.