Thankfully we can rule out EEE, EIA and WN, negative on those three. Plus we assumed because he is improving. So now we are down to the big three, EPM, Melanoma or a toxin. Blood work is normal other than the low platelet count. The sudsided swelling, muscle twitching seem to lead us to anticoagulant toxin. I remembered this (at work) morning he had a few drops of blood on his coronet band, I thought it was a scrape from an episode? Who knows.
But, he is back hanging with his buddies today, staying with herd. He is using his head and neck normally and has never stopped eating, still no fever. He did have an episode last night, but it was shorter than the previous ones. He is also came toward me in his pen for food this am. Not all the way, but much closer to normal. So, we have progress, the EPM blood test came back positive. But most do so, it is still a possibility. Just hoping improvement continuesā¦
