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Day 6: Nash update – Fever
I woke up this morning to a phone call from the vet helping Dr Parente. She had not so good news… Nash has developed a fever. His temperature is 104. Normal body temperature for horses is 98 – 101...
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Day 7: Nash update – fever
Wow, I can’t believe it has been a week. I spoke to Dr Stuart to get an update on Nash. He still has the fever but it appears to be responsive to bute. So this morning it was at 104.1. Then he...
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Nash update Day 8 – Running tests
Spoke to Dr Parente this morning, he was concerned. Nash still has the fever. He was saying it is at 104 still which is considered a high grade fever. So today they are looking into the cause of the...
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Day 9: No change
I wish I had better news but there really is no change. They performed the tracheal wash to obtain a sample of the fluid in the lungs. Then set up the culture, yesterday. As of today nothing is...
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Day 10: back to square one
Dr Parente said today that there are no bacteria growing in the cultures, which indicates no lung infection or pneumonia. The new antibiotics are not working and he still has a fever. They decided to...
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Day 11: No News
I was speaking to a friend about not having yet received a call from the vet. She said the old phrase no news is good news. Well I corrected her and said in Nash’s case no news is not bad news,...
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Day 13/14: Positive progress continues
Things are continuing along the positive path, Nash’s temperature remains to be normal. On Saturday they stopped one of the 2 antibiotics that he was receiving via IV. Then on Sunday morning they...
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Sunbun’s selfie
The poor big guy… He had tie back surgery last week for his breathing issues. Now he is on stall rest for a month and requires daily walks. The pic is of me and him during our lunch time walk today....
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Day 16 Nash is almost home!
Yes, he was discharged today. We are currently in transit but wanted to post this as it will be my only chance tonight. I will post tomorrow about final instructions and bill. Thanks again for all your...
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