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[SIZE=14pt]One of my very BEST friends, Candie Foust of Libby, Montana lost her 12-year-old Miniature mare, little 29" sorrel YUKA May yesterday. She raised YUKA from a foal and has both her sire and dam. Yuka was a VERY SPECIAL mini and has given happiness and LOVE to hundreds of people. Candie took such good care of her and attended to her every need. She took her to special functions and she was loved by her whole town. [/SIZE]
Yuka has been suffering for sometime with a bad shoulder, so Candie did some research and found that her shoulder could be surgerically cleaned and fused together to stop a lot of her pain. She decided to take Yuka May to a vet hosptial for the surgery. They planned for the surgery, but it was stopped and not re-scheduled until after Candie had left to go back home. When you live far away and have other animals to feed and care for too, it makes it hard to stay the entire time at a vet hospital. So Candie was NOT there when Yuka May was recovering from the surgery. They placed Yuka in a stall bedded with shavings(she told them that Yuka eats everything which includes shavings) and had food there too for her(hay)...while YUKA was semi-awake, she started to eat the shavings and choked so bad, that the vets had to take her back into surgery to remove the shaving obstruction and safe her life! ....The surgery for her shoulder was successful even though she did break it again while in the stall. ...but she would not eat hay or the mushy pelleted formula they were giving her very well because of the pain she was experiencing from the choking incident. So they started her on BUTE
..with NO ulcer meds for her stomach. Candie didn't know this and this past week her kidneys and liver started to shut down. They did everything they could to safe her, but in the end, Yuka May was put to sleep
....Candie went down many times with ever opportunity she got and she could see that Yuka was not happy...but when Candie would come no matter how Yuka felt and she heard Candie calling her name, Yuka May would whinny and get all excited. The vets did NOT let Candie know on a regular basis how Yuka was doing and she had to call to find out if she was doing good or bad..they would not even call when Yuka was doing bad
......These are some of Candies words about what happened:
[SIZE=18pt]"Very Sad, wishing my little Mini Mare, Yuka May a speedy complete recovery from her major shoulder surgery".... "She had a very major shoulder surgery. They put plates and screws in her shoulder and fused it. All went well with her surgery and then back in her stall she had a bad setback after surgery. She had a choke and they had to take her back into surgery and push it on through. And, now her doctor says it might make more scar tissue in her esophagus and make her more prone to chokes in the future. I hope to get over to see her soon. She has to be in the hospital at least a month. I sure am worried about her. I have never loved anything more then her".... "I haven't heard from them since Sat. I think no news is good news. When they call it scares me. I thought she had died that last time he called the way he started out saying they had had a major problem. I will call them later today and see how she is. I have got to get over and see her. I feel so sorry for her.".... "I am headed over to see her today and spend a couple of nights over there. Hope it helps her seeing me. She loves her mom.".... "Yuka May is doing better, but can't wait until she is home. It was very good to see her and extra hard to leave her. And, very sad to see her that way when she can't have any bedding or can't eat like a normal horse. You should have seen her as soon as she heard me speak her name. I got many continual kisses from her. I took some of her favorite treats smushed up and I watered them down and she did eat them quite well. I was wishing that I had taken over a whole sack of them for her. I think I am going to smush some up and mail them over to her. She is not fond of what they are feeding her. Hazel and I picked her grass from the lawn a couple of times every day that we were there and she loved that. Hope they keep picking her grass. They did take her stindt out while we were there and took her big bandage off of her surgery site. Her doctor said she should be able to come home in a couple of weeks if she continues on like she is doing. That is a week less time then he originally said. She is walking on it really pretty good. Actually already better then she was before surgery. Sure going to be good to have her home".... "Headed back in the morning to see my little mare Yuka May. She had another bad setback. Her shoulder bone at her surgery site has now broke. Her doctor seems to think that she will still heal and it will be a successful surgery. Of the 5 Miniatures that he has researched he said three of them had also broke, but... went on to heal. I sure hope and pray that she does. I feel so very sad. I love her so much.".... "Spent three days with my beautiful little girl, Yuka May. Boy! it is hard to leave her. Can't wait for her to be able to come home. She had her surgery 3 weeks ago this Friday. She is coping the best she can with everything that she has gone through.".... "Gotta Call the hospital and get an update on my Yuka May. They aren't good about keeping you updated. Seems it is something bad when they usually call. It scares me everytime I see their number come up when the phone rings. No news is good news I guess.".... "Got an update on Yuka May from her Doctor today. They rescoped her esophogus and said it seems to be healing well from her choke, but still has to stay on soft food until it is completely healed. She is still in a lot more pain from her shoulder then he would like, but it is to be expected with her shoulder fusion and ...then the break. It will be a long while before she is able to come home.".... "Just back from spending a few days with Yuka May. Her shoulder seems to be healing some. She is putting more weight on it, pawing and shaking hands(hooves) with it. She has lost a lot of weight though. Sure be glad when she can get back on regular feed. And, Happier yet when she is able to come home." ...... "Extremely Sad!
( My little Yuka May has taken a very bad turn for the worse. She has quit eating and drinking. Her kidneys & liver are not hardly working. They are doing all they can for her trying to get things working again. I am leaving in the morning to go back and see her. I can't imagine losing her. She has gone through so much. She can use everyones prayers."...... "Devastated, I had to have my beautiful sweet little girl, Yuka May put down. After everything that she went through and still lose her. I do feel the vet hospital is responsible for her death. She should never have been let to choke and then to never give her anything for her stomach to protect it from the pain meds. Especially too when she wasn't hardly getting any nourishment. She suffered many long weeks."...... "She went in for a shoulder surgery, "fusion". Which I think he did a good job on. It was the care she received afterwards. They put her back in her stall with food & shavings and she ate them before she was completely awake and had a bad choke, where she had to be taken back into surgery to push it on down. Then she could not have normal food and basically starved to death and with all the pain meds with no protective meds her body could not handle it."...... "She was completely healthy other then her shoulder when we took her there. I feel I really failed her. She would have been way better off to just keep her home and manage her shoulder pain. She would still be with me. And, they more then failed her. When she got deathly sick this past week, I think the new vets coming in really tried to save her, but it was way too little too late."........ "Randy brought his back hoe home and dug her grave and we buried her in the back pasture with the other two horses. I have never felt a greater lose then losing her. I was so privileged and blessed to have had her in my life." [/SIZE]
CJ YUKA MAY 1997~2007
I REALLY think that this vet hospital was in the wrong. I know they all make mistakes, but they should have had someone right there watching her while she was awakening from her surgery and if she started to eat her shavings, they should have put a muzzle on her!
..Then not calling Candie with up-dates on a regular basis seems VERY wrong to me! Then why~why~WHY in the world would they keep Yuka on BUTE for almost 2 months without any Gastroguard to prevent ulcers which would give her more pain which likely lead to her kidneys and liver shutting down!!!
:arg!
...I mean I how irresponsible could they be!!!
Do you think Candie should or can do something about this...she has not paid them the full (HUGE) balance yet???
Candie has been through a lot of pain(physical and mental), breaking her back and neck, having numerous back and neck operations and is in constant pain even with medication..it amazes me how she handles her life..and then losing a husband and many other beloved mini's and horses...I feel SO very bad for her. So I am asking you if you could find it in your hearts to send her a card telling of your feelings about her loosing her beloved Yuka May..PLEASE if you could I know she would really appreciate it and so would I
Her mailing address is
Candie Foust
1579 Farm to Market Rd,
Libby, MT. 59923
Thank You for your time in reading this and maybe sending Candie some condolences and cheery words as she is placing a lot of blame on herself now would really help!... Hindsite is 20/20 and you can rip yourself up trying to second guess yourself over and over again that you should have done or not done something different....The blame also needs to fall on the vet hospital too I feel...
anyway again Thank you...Jenny
"I LOVE YOU CANDIE!"
Jenny
Yuka has been suffering for sometime with a bad shoulder, so Candie did some research and found that her shoulder could be surgerically cleaned and fused together to stop a lot of her pain. She decided to take Yuka May to a vet hosptial for the surgery. They planned for the surgery, but it was stopped and not re-scheduled until after Candie had left to go back home. When you live far away and have other animals to feed and care for too, it makes it hard to stay the entire time at a vet hospital. So Candie was NOT there when Yuka May was recovering from the surgery. They placed Yuka in a stall bedded with shavings(she told them that Yuka eats everything which includes shavings) and had food there too for her(hay)...while YUKA was semi-awake, she started to eat the shavings and choked so bad, that the vets had to take her back into surgery to remove the shaving obstruction and safe her life! ....The surgery for her shoulder was successful even though she did break it again while in the stall. ...but she would not eat hay or the mushy pelleted formula they were giving her very well because of the pain she was experiencing from the choking incident. So they started her on BUTE
[SIZE=18pt]"Very Sad, wishing my little Mini Mare, Yuka May a speedy complete recovery from her major shoulder surgery".... "She had a very major shoulder surgery. They put plates and screws in her shoulder and fused it. All went well with her surgery and then back in her stall she had a bad setback after surgery. She had a choke and they had to take her back into surgery and push it on through. And, now her doctor says it might make more scar tissue in her esophagus and make her more prone to chokes in the future. I hope to get over to see her soon. She has to be in the hospital at least a month. I sure am worried about her. I have never loved anything more then her".... "I haven't heard from them since Sat. I think no news is good news. When they call it scares me. I thought she had died that last time he called the way he started out saying they had had a major problem. I will call them later today and see how she is. I have got to get over and see her. I feel so sorry for her.".... "I am headed over to see her today and spend a couple of nights over there. Hope it helps her seeing me. She loves her mom.".... "Yuka May is doing better, but can't wait until she is home. It was very good to see her and extra hard to leave her. And, very sad to see her that way when she can't have any bedding or can't eat like a normal horse. You should have seen her as soon as she heard me speak her name. I got many continual kisses from her. I took some of her favorite treats smushed up and I watered them down and she did eat them quite well. I was wishing that I had taken over a whole sack of them for her. I think I am going to smush some up and mail them over to her. She is not fond of what they are feeding her. Hazel and I picked her grass from the lawn a couple of times every day that we were there and she loved that. Hope they keep picking her grass. They did take her stindt out while we were there and took her big bandage off of her surgery site. Her doctor said she should be able to come home in a couple of weeks if she continues on like she is doing. That is a week less time then he originally said. She is walking on it really pretty good. Actually already better then she was before surgery. Sure going to be good to have her home".... "Headed back in the morning to see my little mare Yuka May. She had another bad setback. Her shoulder bone at her surgery site has now broke. Her doctor seems to think that she will still heal and it will be a successful surgery. Of the 5 Miniatures that he has researched he said three of them had also broke, but... went on to heal. I sure hope and pray that she does. I feel so very sad. I love her so much.".... "Spent three days with my beautiful little girl, Yuka May. Boy! it is hard to leave her. Can't wait for her to be able to come home. She had her surgery 3 weeks ago this Friday. She is coping the best she can with everything that she has gone through.".... "Gotta Call the hospital and get an update on my Yuka May. They aren't good about keeping you updated. Seems it is something bad when they usually call. It scares me everytime I see their number come up when the phone rings. No news is good news I guess.".... "Got an update on Yuka May from her Doctor today. They rescoped her esophogus and said it seems to be healing well from her choke, but still has to stay on soft food until it is completely healed. She is still in a lot more pain from her shoulder then he would like, but it is to be expected with her shoulder fusion and ...then the break. It will be a long while before she is able to come home.".... "Just back from spending a few days with Yuka May. Her shoulder seems to be healing some. She is putting more weight on it, pawing and shaking hands(hooves) with it. She has lost a lot of weight though. Sure be glad when she can get back on regular feed. And, Happier yet when she is able to come home." ...... "Extremely Sad!
( My little Yuka May has taken a very bad turn for the worse. She has quit eating and drinking. Her kidneys & liver are not hardly working. They are doing all they can for her trying to get things working again. I am leaving in the morning to go back and see her. I can't imagine losing her. She has gone through so much. She can use everyones prayers."...... "Devastated, I had to have my beautiful sweet little girl, Yuka May put down. After everything that she went through and still lose her. I do feel the vet hospital is responsible for her death. She should never have been let to choke and then to never give her anything for her stomach to protect it from the pain meds. Especially too when she wasn't hardly getting any nourishment. She suffered many long weeks."...... "She went in for a shoulder surgery, "fusion". Which I think he did a good job on. It was the care she received afterwards. They put her back in her stall with food & shavings and she ate them before she was completely awake and had a bad choke, where she had to be taken back into surgery to push it on down. Then she could not have normal food and basically starved to death and with all the pain meds with no protective meds her body could not handle it."...... "She was completely healthy other then her shoulder when we took her there. I feel I really failed her. She would have been way better off to just keep her home and manage her shoulder pain. She would still be with me. And, they more then failed her. When she got deathly sick this past week, I think the new vets coming in really tried to save her, but it was way too little too late."........ "Randy brought his back hoe home and dug her grave and we buried her in the back pasture with the other two horses. I have never felt a greater lose then losing her. I was so privileged and blessed to have had her in my life." [/SIZE]CJ YUKA MAY 1997~2007
I REALLY think that this vet hospital was in the wrong. I know they all make mistakes, but they should have had someone right there watching her while she was awakening from her surgery and if she started to eat her shavings, they should have put a muzzle on her!
Do you think Candie should or can do something about this...she has not paid them the full (HUGE) balance yet???
Candie has been through a lot of pain(physical and mental), breaking her back and neck, having numerous back and neck operations and is in constant pain even with medication..it amazes me how she handles her life..and then losing a husband and many other beloved mini's and horses...I feel SO very bad for her. So I am asking you if you could find it in your hearts to send her a card telling of your feelings about her loosing her beloved Yuka May..PLEASE if you could I know she would really appreciate it and so would I
Her mailing address is
Candie Foust
1579 Farm to Market Rd,
Libby, MT. 59923
Thank You for your time in reading this and maybe sending Candie some condolences and cheery words as she is placing a lot of blame on herself now would really help!... Hindsite is 20/20 and you can rip yourself up trying to second guess yourself over and over again that you should have done or not done something different....The blame also needs to fall on the vet hospital too I feel...
anyway again Thank you...Jenny
"I LOVE YOU CANDIE!"
Jenny
