I kept getting Error 403 – couldn’t post this update on my original post.
UPDATE on my boy: I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but yesterday he looked better = a flicker of brightness that he hasn’t had in months.
This morning after he ate breakfast and had his fill of hay he mosied outside to his favorite cribbing spot and started cribbing! This is a sure sign (I think??) that he’s feeling way better being that he completely stopped cribbing about 10 days ago.
Everything about him today is just WOW! I feel like he’s back! Even his sunken-in hat rack frame looks less so. His whole body looks smoother – not so angular and he’s moving better too.
Either the EPM treatment finally kicked in – or he never had EPM to begin with and his entire illness was due to worms (strongyles) literally eating away at him, and he’s finally recovering. Fecal came back at 200 – down from 700 in January.
Being that his creatinine levels (as well as protein) were consistently low in every blood test, I’m leaning towards malnourishment and the subsequent cascade of issues / downward spiral until the worm burden was gone and his body got replenished.
Interestingly, none of the vets were thinking along those lines – nope, worms not the likely cause of everything that was wrong with him. But they weren’t convinced he had EPM either.
Hopefully this uptick in his health isn’t the calm before the storm = renal crash or some other dire thing. Fingers crossed!
I’ve never been so happy to see a horse crib!
That’s all for now. Many thanks to all who replied! Love the COH hive mind.
