Vet Visit Today

Bre is still dealing with pigeon fever. Her abscess hasn't opened so she has been able to go out in the round pen daily and seems to be dealing with quarantine well. The stable owner has been hot packing her when I can't get out and I have been out there almost every day. I have had a midterm and Anatomy lab last week so I wasn't able to make it out Mon/Tues/Weds and I am really lucky Nancy could take care of her.

I had called the vet Monday to see if I should schedule a day for her to come out and lance Bre's big soft ball on her neck and the vet didn't think it was ready yet. She said if Bre was happy and didn't have other symptoms to let it progress on it's own for the week. She said it didn't sound quite ready to lance and as long as Bre was doing well it would be best to wait. She did say if her health changed I could call them. Yesterday my friends horse had a high fever (we aren't sure what caused his fever) so the vet was out and took a look at Bre too. The vet who came out said Bre look ready to pop. Then later in the day she spiked a fever. When I go there and heard the news I couldn't call fast enough. Her fever was down by the time I was there so we gave her some bute and I scheduled an appointment for today.

I am really looking forward to getting her better. We have been in a holding pattern for so long. I am ready to get to the point where she can actually heal up. She will be stuck in her stall for at least a few days to avoid spreading the bacteria. Luckily she seems to handle stall rest well. She is also really easy to work around in her stall so it won't be too hard to irrigate her wound in the stall.

Bre's First Blog

I have been reading Audrey's Spaz Filly blog and keep saying that Bre needs a blog herself. She is the prettiest most interesting pony out there so of course she deserves to have her own blog. I will look for some old pictures so I can go into her story a little.

Bre's is a 16H quarter horse mare and she lives in Eagle Creek Oregon. She has been many places in her life. She was born in Missouri, thrown into a trailer at 2 and hauled up to Alaska. I met her in Alaska as a 3 year old and have owned her since she was 4. When she was 6 she got to fly on a plane from Alaska to Seattle, and was trailered to me in Oregon. She has been in Oregon since then. Bre was ridden dressage when she was younger but in recent years we mostly trail ride, and occasionally I get enough time to actually ride dressage.

The latest in Bre's life is a bout of Pigeon Fever. We have a small outbreak at our stable and Bre came down with a classic chest abscess last Weds. I have been out there 2 times a day with a heat pack hoping to get it to burst. More on that with pics later......