Its all about the foals!

Well, today I've just done nothing but run around after the foals. Fetched the hyperimmune plasma from Anstead and a couple of mare catheters, as Pazzy was throwing out some mucopurulent goop this morning. Of the sort that needs flushing. Made me even more nervous about "Go". Had to wait until mid afternoon until I could get extra hands to help - by which time I had overdosed on adrenaline.

Touchwood also has one swollen fetlock that is worrying me and although not lame and temp okay at 39.3 (bit hot, bouncing around mid arvo) it still isn't a good look in a week old foal and a bit suspicious of joint ill. Took bloods, given antibiotics and will have another look in the morning.

Plasma into "Go" and flushed Pazzy by nightfall (then instilled the 500mg gent/20ml proc pen into 1 litre saline into uterus) after cleaning her out, 2mls oxytocin & 4mls finadyne....and more food!

Heard someone coughing up the back, but no one did it while we were there. Temps all pretty good. (Femme is a bit want to cough at times as she had a long respiratory lurgy in the beginning of August....)

Foals: Touchwood 39.3 & Go 38.3 (after plasma & diazepam (valium)
Keema 37.9
Noah 37.6
Paz - sedated so didn't take
Amazzon 37.5
Bartie 37.3
Frontier 38.1
Lucky 37.1

Check Touchwood in the morning as regards temp, have on cetiofur (Accent) at present. Bugger not putting plasma in him!!!!

Reports indicate that Skyline Drive definitely do have EI, Fay and the minatures and over the road. Neil & Sharon Mathers also report that their horses have EI as of last night. Ryans still clean.

Off to bed