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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | So sorry for the loss of your friends horse. It's never easy. You did everything you could. Don't beat yourself up with the "what ifs".  |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I'm so sorry for your loss ): I've lost two to colic, one of them a year after he'd already had one colic surgery. One of my friends had a horse die on the table during surgery, another had to make the decision to have her horse put down after they already opened her up because the vets realized so much intestine had died that there would be nothing to reattach after they cut the dead stuff out. Surgery is not always a guarantee for survival, so please don't beat yourself up over it. I know that's easier said than done. When it comes to colic things can go downhill SO fast that you could have them at the clinic within 20 minutes and still lose them.
ETA forgot to add, Crazy4PonyTails did a braid out of my dad's horses tail (the one that died a year after his first colic surgery) and put it around a frame that I sent them.
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | cheryl makofka - 2013-11-28 2:33 PM sophiebelle - 2013-11-28 8:59 AM amy laymon - 2013-11-28 8:27 AM I am so sorry. I got a piece of pottery made and the horse hair is burnt into the pottery and then they made a braided piece to go around the neck and it is beautiful. Earthandwheel might be the website I will try and find it. Oh wow...Sounds beautiful. Thank you! I know her owner wants a bracelet made out of the hair and we have all the horse's hair, so I think there is plenty to do quite a few things for her.
It was a tough morning feeding. I have two horses out here that belong to this family. One of which is the colic loss. Her partner in crime is beside himself nickering and looking for her. This is my first colic loss and I am 51. Such a hard loss and the "what ifs" will haunt me. For example, what if we had gone directly to San Antonio and bypassed the 4 hours wasted here trying to get her into a local vet and getting to the vet. That trip added 2 extra hours to our day. I told my friend that in the future, anything that looks like it has the potential to go south, we will instantly go to San Antonio. The San Antonio vet said it wouldn't have made a difference, but I think they were only being kind. I guess we will never know. I am sorry for your loss, and don't beat yourself up about it. I have lost 2 to colic, both colic'd were different and both were not surgical candidates. My vet was involved the moment the symptoms began, and it has been a year since the one passed, she died of colic due to poisonous weed, we even did the activated charcoal, electrolytes. That day still haunts me. The other colic'd due to being stung over 100 times by bees, she colic'd due to the toxins and there was too much bowel damage to save her. It does get easier, and just remind the girl to remember all the good times she has with her horse. Also a candidate for colic surgery there is a 25 percent chance they will survive the surgery, and the few days post op. No horse has good odds going in.
So very sorry for your losses. Thank you for your encouraging words. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | So sorry. It was over Thanksgiving that I had a really nice horse colic, had surgery and eventually had to be put down. I feel your loss.
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | livexlovexrodeo - 2013-11-28 2:56 PM I'm so sorry for your loss ): I've lost two to colic, one of them a year after he'd already had one colic surgery. One of my friends had a horse die on the table during surgery, another had to make the decision to have her horse put down after they already opened her up because the vets realized so much intestine had died that there would be nothing to reattach after they cut the dead stuff out. Surgery is not always a guarantee for survival, so please don't beat yourself up over it. I know that's easier said than done. When it comes to colic things can go downhill SO fast that you could have them at the clinic within 20 minutes and still lose them. ETA forgot to add, Crazy4PonyTails did a braid out of my dad's horses tail (the one that died a year after his first colic surgery) and put it around a frame that I sent them.
Thank you for the Crazy4ponytails site. I'll check it out. The pottery one that Amy Laymon spoke of is way cool too.
Unfortunately in this little mare's case, they couldn't stablize her enough to get her to surgery. We've had so much cold rain, hot weather, cold rain, almost freezing temperatures to record heat that these poor horses don't know what type of hair to grow. I am just grateful that I was on Thanksgiving break, so I was at home when she went down. Otherwise, she would have suffered all day with us at work. |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world |
So sorry for your loss. It sure is tough...I had surgery on one about 6 years ago. She is still with us and I am so grateful for that. |
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Location: Oregon | I know this wont help ease your pain, our dog was ran over last night and we had to bury him this morning.... Hard to be thankful when painful losses happen. Keep your head up and don't be afraid to CRY! Thinking of you! |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | RaceN War Eagle - 2013-11-28 9:06 PM I know this wont help ease your pain, our dog was ran over last night and we had to bury him this morning.... Hard to be thankful when painful losses happen. Keep your head up and don't be afraid to CRY! Thinking of you!
Edited to add that I am actually thankful today that I have this board to come to for solace. It's comforting to have a place where people understand the sadness of losing a furry friend.
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Yes they are!! That's all I kept telling myself this morning is that he is in a better place!! Never easy just sad!!!! HUGS and Cheers! |
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| I lost my old rodeo horse to colic in 2003. Like you, I probably wasted time on the local vet instead of going right away.
But the one thing I learned was that you do the best you can in that particular situation and that's all you can do. Maybe you wasted time. Maybe you didn't and having a vet right there wouldn't have helped. I saw a horse drop dead with a vet standing right there and they couldn't save it.
Don't beat yourself up and don't think about the "what ifs". You were doing the best that you knew how at that particular time and no one can ask for more than that.
I'm sorry for your loss. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Very sorry for your loss . . . prayers and hugs to you |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | Thank you for the kind words. I will never know if my choice was right, but where I live there aren't a lot of options. This little mare has always been squirrely when it came to cycles and quite frankly, that was my initial thought. Typically, a hit of banamine and watching her has been routine in the past. It was the way the cards fell that day. I will definitely look at any future incidences a lot more differently. |
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Location: Great NW | So sorry - do not beat yourself up about decisions made - Hind site is always better - Prayers to the young lady. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | SKM - 2013-11-30 8:51 AM
I lost my old rodeo horse to colic in 2003. Like you, I probably wasted time on the local vet instead of going right away.
But the one thing I learned was that you do the best you can in that particular situation and that's all you can do. Maybe you wasted time. Maybe you didn't and having a vet right there wouldn't have helped. I saw a horse drop dead with a vet standing right there and they couldn't save it.
Don't beat yourself up and don't think about the "what ifs". You were doing the best that you knew how at that particular time and no one can ask for more than that.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | run n rate - 2013-12-02 6:08 PM SKM - 2013-11-30 8:51 AM I lost my old rodeo horse to colic in 2003. Like you, I probably wasted time on the local vet instead of going right away.
But the one thing I learned was that you do the best you can in that particular situation and that's all you can do. Maybe you wasted time. Maybe you didn't and having a vet right there wouldn't have helped. I saw a horse drop dead with a vet standing right there and they couldn't save it.
Don't beat yourself up and don't think about the "what ifs". You were doing the best that you knew how at that particular time and no one can ask for more than that.
I'm sorry for your loss. ^^^This
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Location: Oklahoma | so so sorry for your loss |
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