Someone coughed last night at 1:20am. Dreadful volley of coughs for several minutes. I sat straight up in bed. As it was I'd only just got to sleep after having a "word" to the Cattle Dog who was objecting to being on his chain. Checked out the window in the moonlight to see BOTH the stallion and Keema lying flat out. Thinking - OMG - they're both dead in my sleep haze. Keema does lie flat out for weeks prior to foaling.....needless to say she doesn't wear a foaling alarm.
Never did establish who it was, because didn't recur. Talk about frazzled nerves. I had rattled myself by reading accounts of EI on CBH - which in retrospect seemed worse than a horror movie. I'd since slept fitfully and dreamt all night of little red microscopic virus particles bombarding us from all directions.
All horses normal this morning. Keema looks similar to yesterday. Certainly not "sprung" and no signs of wax/milk.......
Steel Poppy this morning reports all nine Valley horses to be doing very well. Only one with any significant snot last evening and all with pretty near to normal temps. The cough expectorant - Exo Cough - also seems to be doing the job.
From Alamo (Fernvale on the Brisbane River) comes word that all 12 hors
es there have by this time now been infected with EI. The biggest bravest of them all seems to be taking it the hardest in Rupert aka Mario; lots of snot there! But all up no one too unwell after a week in the snot trenches, though everyone feeling extremely sorry for themselves (see pic above: photo credit Sue Crockett). Hopefully they're all on the mend there & no secondary infections.
Never did establish who it was, because didn't recur. Talk about frazzled nerves. I had rattled myself by reading accounts of EI on CBH - which in retrospect seemed worse than a horror movie. I'd since slept fitfully and dreamt all night of little red microscopic virus particles bombarding us from all directions.
All horses normal this morning. Keema looks similar to yesterday. Certainly not "sprung" and no signs of wax/milk.......
Steel Poppy this morning reports all nine Valley horses to be doing very well. Only one with any significant snot last evening and all with pretty near to normal temps. The cough expectorant - Exo Cough - also seems to be doing the job.
From Alamo (Fernvale on the Brisbane River) comes word that all 12 hors
es there have by this time now been infected with EI. The biggest bravest of them all seems to be taking it the hardest in Rupert aka Mario; lots of snot there! But all up no one too unwell after a week in the snot trenches, though everyone feeling extremely sorry for themselves (see pic above: photo credit Sue Crockett). Hopefully they're all on the mend there & no secondary infections. 
1 comment:
Hi Jo,
The blog's a great idea for those of us who don't spend much time on the phone...Now I can virtually visit you whenever...Coffee's not as good this way though!
Sandra
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