Coic Surgery
The dreadful colic surgery ... symptoms had come and no one did anything.. just let the horse lie down quietly all morning. He even passed on his breakfast. May 2010 the 27the Beau underwent a cecal bypass and large colon impaction which was removed by two incredible doctors at Tufts in Grafton. Beau finally made it back to his stall by 8:00 AM after having been taken into surgery around 11:30 PM, and I was there to see him in his stall by 10:30 AM after have driven home at 5:30 AM in the morning. He was not looking all that wel,l and my heart melted. Ice packs on each hoof, IV drip from the ceiling, muzzle so he could not eat anyting and it also kept the tube that was taped to his nose in place. Reeking from anaesthesia after the long surgery that was not all. He would not be out of the woods for 72 hours. Rocking back and forth with fever, pain and discomfort, his frightened eye was softened when I would arrive for my visit with him. Our connection is very strong, and he knew he h