In this most recent TikTok video, the vet did not seem enthusiastic at all. I sensed a tone of resignation (?) to her voice. She said something like, “With Seven it’s four steps forward and three steps back.” (I probably have the number of steps wrong).
Perhaps the only scintilla of positivity is that maybe the vets are learning better treatment options and care protocols that might help other foals and horses in the future. Yet still, at what point does that become torturing a living being now for the sake of knowledge in the future? I certainly hope the lead vet knows the answer to that question and has the backbone at some point to say enough is enough.
) years they have discovered a whole plethora of genetic mutations and diseases that cause babies to die. While it couldn’t be proven, it was speculated that many babies that had died of SIDS actually had died of any number of undiagnosed genetic mutations. Some of them show lots of symptoms. Some of them show almost none until things just stop working. The human genome is WAY more studied than the equine one. I wonder if she’s fighting an uphill battle against a genetic flaw that is causing his symptoms; joint weakness, small size, lethargy (I’ve never seen a video of this horse actually show any amount of excitement for anything), lack of muscle tone, etc.
