Thought I’d start a new thread, as the other was getting a little long. Sorry it took so long, the clinic has a full house, all of which have to be examined before calls are started, and those creeps at my job are actually making me work this morning.
There is good news and there is not so good news.
Let’s start with the good first. There is poop!!! A nice pile, if a little soft, in her stall this morning. She is brighter and not depressed. Rectal exam shows no sign of the lump, so, hopefully that has been taken care of. There is also more soft manure in her intestine, another good sign.
Now, the not so good. Every time they feed her (very small amounts, at very wide time intervals), she has had a history of getting colicy. The hope is that it was because of the impaction and that will not be the case any more. However, the vet is a little concerned that, because of the feel of one section of intestine(still gassy and distended), very high up, there might be minor displacement up there (not the same type of displacement she suffered earlier, this is more intestine where it shouldn’t be). If this is the case, the only solution is to operate, and as you all know, the decision not to operate has already been made.
The next 24 to 48 hours will tell the story. I am so hoping that now that the impaction is gone she will be able to eat comfortably and that the word will be that she will simply stay at the clinic until she is eating and drinking normally.
If not, tomorrow or Friday will be decision day.
I hope that all of you are not sick to death of hearing about Promise. The knowledge that you are all behind me on this has been more help than you can know. I know I have said this before, but, let me repeat my heartfelt thanks.
I wouldn’t trade the sparkle that is back in her eye for anything.
