I think it very likely that you will open that trailer door to unload him, and find that everything he has eaten in the last 24 hours is deposited on the trailer floor.
I hope he eats his heart out in the field tonight.
23 Likes
Yay for Bo coming home!
3 Likes
Can’t wait to hear what he’s like when he gets home. All fingers crossed.
3 Likes
I think that would make all of us happy! So glad he is stable enough to come home. Hoping his depression lifts along the trailer ride and being home + safe gets everything going properly again.
2 Likes
I hope Bo is better when he gets home! Is there any chance that some of his discomfort is caused by remnants of his dirt/rock diet that may still be in his guts? That was the first thing I thought of, what if he didn’t pass absolutely everything when he first got to your place?
3 Likes
I kind of thought of that too. Or maybe even damage from them (more or less suddenly) moving.
Good news! Thanks for letting us know.
2 Likes
Hope for safe travels and a nice homecoming. Whether he improves or not, I think you are doing the right thing for him.
7 Likes
Sending some positive safe travels wishes! I hope Bo settles back in at home just fine.
1 Like
Huzzah for Bo! @Heinz_57 you did the right thing - hopefully that bill is not too wild. Were you ever able to speak to someone in the practice that could give more insight on compensation for the vaccine reaction? I hope to see him on the lunge line strutting and crow-hopping again.
1 Like
Woohoo! Hope he perks up when he gets home!
Quick update - yes, we made it home.
Yes, he did poop once in the trailer on the way. Not a huge poop but better than no poop at all.
I will be back to give you the whole story when I can get home and get on my laptop, I’m in line to pick up my kid from school and typing all that out on my phone is a no-go. LOL
43 Likes
I love this picture - mud and all. His eye has softened, and he looks hopeful for his future!
11 Likes
Thank you for taking the time to show us this lovely picture.
Bless Bo!
2 Likes
He does look much happier.
Even if he is in his last days (hopefully not) he should be in his field where he has no stress and a loving owner.
He’s over the vaccine reaction and that’s what counts.
6 Likes
Nothing like a horse alertly staring off at the horizon. It’s what they do by nature. He’s home. King of his surroundings and all is well in his world for however long he has.
3 Likes
Okie dokie. Here we go. Excuse the mud, it has been 70 and sunny for the last couple days but of course it had to rain the morning I brought him home. It’s not as bad as it looks.
So, as mentioned I was taking the ponies in for freeze branding, for which they were very well behaved. I am really pleased with the preliminary results. In the midst of that, the ICU tech went by and told me that they’d taken Bo for a hand graze and he pooped right after that. Once we’d finished up, I was standing with my sedated ponies waiting for them to wake up enough to load back in the trailer - the tech comes up to me again and asks if I’m taking Bo home (the ICU door was just across the aisle). I told her I had hoped to, but wanted to talk to the vet to make sure she was on board, so she located the vet and everyone was OK and on board with him going home. He’s still not pooping much, but he’s also not eating much. He did get a B12 injection (sounded like today, maybe).
I don’t have the bill yet, or the discharge notes, because the vet had been in surgery and hasn’t had time to complete them yet. I should be getting everything by email this evening. Vet said they are still planning to talk to the manufacturer about any possibility of reimbursement for some of his bills.
Bo power-walked his way to the trailer and practically shoved the tech out of the way to get in. 
Like busting out of jail.
We got home and he was pretty excited, for Bo - he spent a lot of time walking around and smelling things - I put my youngster out there while he was gone, so there were foreign poo piles and a feed tub that wasn’t his to investigate.
20230207_131956
Towards the end, you’ll see him walk over nearby me, and then he intentionally moves to stand in my bubble. When he does this, if I move away he follows and gets THISCLOSE again. It’s intentional, and I’m still trying to figure out what it is he wants (other than to just be really, really close to me) and what it means.
I did give him a handful of grain in his tub, which he ate a few bites of. He was mildly interested, but… they’ve spoiled his appetite, giving him hay. I was doling out lunch alfalfa for the ponies and he was expectantly standing there, ignoring his grain, waiting for his turn. So, I gave him a couple handfuls of loose alfalfa and he gleefully sat there, gumming it up and spitting it out. 
Going to take at least a couple days for him to stop expecting hay and being content with his meals.
I gave him a second tub with a handful of grain in it from a brand new bag, sat on top of an upside down trough so it’s elevated. He didn’t immediately eat any of it, although he would happily take bites if I offered it by hand. Oh, and he covered one side of his body with mud within about 5 seconds.
He is also pretty interested in grazing, I didn’t see him quidding the grass but will have to watch him for longer to confirm that.
20230207_133552
I’m going to go out and check on him now, it’s been about 2 hours, and then I will be back to respond to anything I missed. Y’all, if I have to stand out there and hand feed him 5x a day until he picks up an appetite for his grain again, I 100% will. 
52 Likes
He looked so forlorn in that stall at the vet hospital. Just look at him now. 
I am ridiculously happy for you! YAY!!
7 Likes
This is such fabulous news. I wonder if he thought the hospital was the end of his new found paradise. When he saw you and the trailer, and then back to his ‘home’… what a relief!
Good boy Bo!
13 Likes
So glad he made it home and seems to be on the mend!!!
2 Likes
