This is the first I could bring myself to post.
Last week we lost our 4 year old Double Destiny daughter PK Magnolias Arabesque Destiny. Arabesque was one of my favorite mares. She never took up with the the horses instead followed me around the barn. She was always right in your pocket.
But Tuesday when I went out to feed she didn't want to come in. She stood with her head and ears down, and no interest in eating. I took her into the barn and treated it like colic. I gave her banamine, mylanta for gas, and we walked. She had one small bowel movement but still no interest in anything...not hay...not grain...and not even me. Her gums were pale, mouth very dry and her temp 101.4. Vet says just watch her and keep me posted could be the start of a virus. Arabesque never rolled but finally layed on her side.
At 3 am we took her to the vet. She tubed her with oil, gave more medicine, and IV's. She had no gut sounds and slightly elevated heart rate and started to sweat. I left her side at 5:30 to go to work. At 10:30 the vet called to say she had died. I was crying so hard I couldn't teach and had to go home.
When they opened her for the necropsy she was full of blood. She had a tear in her aorta close to her kidneys? The vet said there were no signs of trauma other than the tear. She couldn't give me a cause. What went wrong? How did this happen?
We've lost foals but Arabesque was the first mare. It was so hard. My husband (who never cries) helped me lay her to rest under the big oak tree....we cried together.
Here is a picture of my sweet girl Arabesque. She will be missed beyond words. Her crossing came way too early.
Last week we lost our 4 year old Double Destiny daughter PK Magnolias Arabesque Destiny. Arabesque was one of my favorite mares. She never took up with the the horses instead followed me around the barn. She was always right in your pocket.
But Tuesday when I went out to feed she didn't want to come in. She stood with her head and ears down, and no interest in eating. I took her into the barn and treated it like colic. I gave her banamine, mylanta for gas, and we walked. She had one small bowel movement but still no interest in anything...not hay...not grain...and not even me. Her gums were pale, mouth very dry and her temp 101.4. Vet says just watch her and keep me posted could be the start of a virus. Arabesque never rolled but finally layed on her side.
At 3 am we took her to the vet. She tubed her with oil, gave more medicine, and IV's. She had no gut sounds and slightly elevated heart rate and started to sweat. I left her side at 5:30 to go to work. At 10:30 the vet called to say she had died. I was crying so hard I couldn't teach and had to go home.
When they opened her for the necropsy she was full of blood. She had a tear in her aorta close to her kidneys? The vet said there were no signs of trauma other than the tear. She couldn't give me a cause. What went wrong? How did this happen?
We've lost foals but Arabesque was the first mare. It was so hard. My husband (who never cries) helped me lay her to rest under the big oak tree....we cried together.
Here is a picture of my sweet girl Arabesque. She will be missed beyond words. Her crossing came way too early.
