Long night at A&M [Archive] - Baywind Farm Horse Forum

HoustonFarrier

10-28-2008, 06:31 AM

Cold front came flying through, and "Tram" coliced last night. We worked on him with our vet for awhile, but he just could not get unblocked, so at 1:00 AM, we took him to A&M. They are cautiously optomistic. He did good, passed a few piles, vented quite a bit of gas, but early this morning had to go back on pain meds and sedation. Nothing seems to be twisted or strangulated....he's just plugged tight in his small intestine. He's dehydrated pretty bad as well, so he's been on the big 10 litre IV bags all night. ..and this morning he's got some reflux...but they expected that. They moved him from ICU to the emergency ward, so we're hoping he passes the blockage...keep yer fingers crossed :)

Steve

pandorasmom

10-28-2008, 06:35 AM

Prayers and thoughts coming your way! I hope Tram gets better. :)

Keeping fingers crossed!

Please update us if you hear anymore news, and get a chance to tell us.

TLC97

10-28-2008, 06:45 AM

Keep us updated when you can.

Keeping fingers and toes crossed for a blockage break through.

oursarge

10-28-2008, 06:46 AM

Hope he's OK. Will be waiting for updates, hopefully good ones.

FoxFireEMT

10-28-2008, 06:52 AM

O I'm sorry You & Tram had to deal with this. Fingers crossed!! Keep us up todate.

Dakota Sunrise

10-28-2008, 06:53 AM

Awe, I hope Tram will be ok!

WashingtonBay

10-28-2008, 06:56 AM

Aw geeze - sorry. I sure hope he pulls through today. I am glad you have that facility as an option!

rums_mom

10-28-2008, 06:58 AM

Sending prayers for you, Tram and his medical staff. Time to alert the "poop patrol".

vicklynn

10-28-2008, 07:00 AM

Oh Steve, I am so sorry to hear about Tram. Prayers and ((HUGS))up for Tram and you.

lovesfortune

10-28-2008, 07:01 AM

Sending good thoughts for unblockage! Update us when you can. We are here for you & Tram!

Gypsy Rose

10-28-2008, 07:05 AM

Sending good thoughts for Tram! Hopefully, he'll pass his blockage!

AppyLady

10-28-2008, 07:09 AM

I'm sure sorry to hear about Tram. I hope he's feeling better by now.

OwnedByOurHorses

10-28-2008, 07:18 AM

Steve I'm sorry to hear about Tram I hope he recovers soon. He and your family are in our prayers. Please keep letting us know how Tram is doing

Me'N'Chic

10-28-2008, 07:25 AM

I am praying for Tram ( and YOU!) Kepp us up-dated!! ((HUG))

Piper522

10-28-2008, 07:26 AM

Prayers and thoughts your way! :) Keep us posted.

cheval

10-28-2008, 07:31 AM

Sending good thoughts your way!! Hoping for gas and poop very soon!

gaited07

10-28-2008, 08:05 AM

Steve,
Sorry to hear about Tram. Hope all passes and he gets a clean bill to return home.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.

alittleoffkey

10-28-2008, 08:05 AM

Prayers up for Tram!

cloedoll

10-28-2008, 08:14 AM

Good thoughts coming your way, Steve. I hope your horsey is ok.

Equine_Woman

10-28-2008, 08:20 AM

Boy I've been there all night before. I'll be thinking of you guys!! Keep us posted!!! He's in good hands!

mtnmollie

10-28-2008, 08:27 AM

Thinking and praying for yah this am. :cowboy:

Toodlestoo

10-28-2008, 09:19 AM

Just saw this. Add me to the list of those praying and thinking of you. Come on Tram, you can do it!

Palogal

10-28-2008, 09:24 AM

If anyone can do it, A & M can. They are GREAT folks. Although I admit that causiously (Hook 'em!) they are really wonderful people. Who is the vet assigned to your case? The director of surgery is amazing, although I forget his name.

CircleR

10-28-2008, 09:24 AM

Thoughts and prayers for Tram and you!!

sarhound

10-28-2008, 09:27 AM

Sure hope your boy does OK; the folks at A&M are the best, so he's certainly in good hands. Our thoughts and prayers are with you...

All4Grace

10-28-2008, 09:40 AM

sending healing thougthts Trams way

Mandzanita

10-28-2008, 11:22 AM

Anxiously awaiting an update! Praying for poooooooooop!

FoxFireEMT

10-28-2008, 12:56 PM

No updates yet?? :(

grandmadeb

10-28-2008, 01:06 PM

I am so sorry that you and Tram are going through this. I know what you are going through as I spent a long night when Al had to go to New England Equine Practice up in Brewster, NY with colic. He ended up needing the surgery in the early morning. I hate colic and have become pro active to prevent it because I know another surgery is not in the cards. Good Luck and keep the forum posted.

Equine_Woman

10-28-2008, 01:40 PM

Came to look for an update. Hope everything is going well today. And hope to hear from you soon!!

Dixie

10-28-2008, 01:41 PM

Oh man. I'm sorry to read this, season changes worry me every year for this reason. I hope the update is good when you put it up. Good thoughts for Tram!

JetLagaside

10-28-2008, 04:59 PM

Sending prayers and good thougts hope he's doing better.

pandorasmom

10-28-2008, 05:30 PM

I have always wondered what about season changes causes colic, so while Steve has this problem in the thread, can someone explain it?

Thanks!

Buckpoco

10-28-2008, 05:35 PM

I'm praying for you-I hate colic. I hope that you'll have good news for us real soon.

SedonaThunder

10-28-2008, 07:07 PM

Oh gosh... I am so sorry to hear this Steve. I haven't been around in a few days and this is the first post I see - I don't see an update though so I'll start sending prayers. I too have been there - just this last June my filly spent three days on IV fluids before her impaction started moving through - hopefully the same will go for Tram.

To PandorasMom who asked about season changes and colic... it isn't actually the weather that causes it to happen but it is the weather that causes the horse to change his habits. My filly stopped drinking water and I didn't catch it, some will stop eating, some will get a "nervous stomach" (like people do with changes they don't like)... it just depends on the animal. Where I am we have had about a week of 65 degree days with the overnight lows dropping as low as 28 degrees... this is VERY hard on horses that have already got winter coats on as they are sweating all day then trying to stay warm at night.

pandorasmom

10-28-2008, 07:10 PM

Thank you very much for the explination SedonaThunder. I greatly appreciate it! I tried to do some research on it but couldn't find much.

I greatly appreciate the information, it explains it to me very well. I had never knew about this until the past few months, but never thought to ask.

Thanks!
Sharon

zoel_222

10-28-2008, 07:20 PM

Poor Tram. :( He's such a beautiful horse. My heart goes out to you both.

FoxFireEMT

10-28-2008, 07:41 PM

Still none?? Steve update?? Hope everything is okay.

Palogal

10-28-2008, 08:06 PM

I have always wondered what about season changes causes colic, so while Steve has this problem in the thread, can someone explain it?

Thanks!

Colic is actually a generic name for an abstruction, solid or gas. When the seasons change, hot to cold or cold to hot the horse will change his eating and drinking habits. Usually this time of year they forget to drink enough because it's not hot out and that can cause intestinal issues. In the spring sometimes they will have problems with the rich spring grass, it's more than they're ready for after a winter of hay.

Equine_Woman

10-28-2008, 08:11 PM

Still none?? Steve update?? Hope everything is okay.

A&M is a bit of a distance from Houston (well only an hour or so) so he may not be home to post. Not sure if he is still up there or not. I'm just going to keep checking for an update!!

cheval

10-28-2008, 08:25 PM

Make sure your horses are drinking water - if they aren't water down the hay. We've got a couple of horses at the barn not drinking water as much and their hay is being watered down nightly.

Sure hope it's going well for Steve and Tram.

HoustonFarrier

10-29-2008, 03:48 AM

Tram had been going downhill most of yesterday......pretty much everything they were pumping into him in IV's was being refluxed out of his stomach. His belly tap protein level was getting higher(bad).....then, about 4:30 yesterday, he had stabilized, belly tap protein actually dropped a bit, and he was up and walking around.

We are due for an update this morning, 7:00 AM.

Thanks gang.....

Steve

oursarge

10-29-2008, 04:14 AM

Only thinking good thoughts for him.

magayle

10-29-2008, 04:18 AM

sure hope to hear good news today....love'nhugs to ya

pandorasmom

10-29-2008, 06:27 AM

Thanks for the update!! Hopin' to hear some good news this morning.

Thoughts and prayers still coming y'alls way!

WashingtonBay

10-29-2008, 06:36 AM

We're pulling for him.... which isn't something you can often say about a big ole Clydesdale.

TLC97

10-29-2008, 06:38 AM

Steve, thanks for the update.

Please give Tram a huge forum kiss on his nose and a hug around his big draft neck. I know how hard it is to see such a gentle giant not well.

Keep us posted and know you are in our thoughts and prayers.

westmanfarrier

10-29-2008, 07:20 AM

There with ya, man. I know how stressful these things can be. Thank goodness you have a resource such as A&M close. Best of luck to you and your guy.

Shane

OwnedByOurHorses

10-29-2008, 07:25 AM

Glad to hear that tram is starting to pull through..Hope that it remains the case. Can't wait to hear the update. Prayers are with you

livaward

10-29-2008, 07:27 AM

I hope you got a good update!

lovesfortune

10-29-2008, 07:36 AM

Hope you got a good update at 7am.

HoustonFarrier

10-29-2008, 08:03 AM

Vet update this moring was all good news. He has started passing more stools, and the reflux has stopped. They continue to hand walk him and will let him graze a little to see if he can tolerate it. We're still not out of the woods yet, but things are definatly looking better!

Thanks again !!!!

Steve

Gypsy Rose

10-29-2008, 08:04 AM

Thanks for the update- hopefully, there will be more good news soon!

Gypsy Rose

10-29-2008, 08:05 AM

HF, we cross posted.

That's great news on the poop! Hopefully, things will continue to improve!

JackieB

10-29-2008, 08:19 AM

Whew! Glad things are starting to look up for the big guy. Get well soon, Tram!

WashingtonBay

10-29-2008, 08:21 AM

Good news. :)

pandorasmom

10-29-2008, 08:28 AM

Great news! Glad to hear that. Hoping he'll keep heading out of the woods, and get better.

Toodlestoo

10-29-2008, 08:59 AM

http://bestsmileys.com/clapping/2.gifKeep it up Tram!

vicklynn

10-29-2008, 09:09 AM

Thanks for the update Steve. More prayers for continued healing.

Mandzanita

10-29-2008, 09:09 AM

So happy to read the good updates this morning, like Westman said, it's great you know you have some of the best looking after him :) Still praying for poop...

WP~Paint

10-29-2008, 09:12 AM

I hope he is ok! Prayers for Tram!

Palogal

10-29-2008, 10:27 AM

Yeah!!!! :)

sarhound

10-29-2008, 10:31 AM

Come on, big boy, we're pulling for ya....

Lakota's Pet

10-29-2008, 12:00 PM

That's great news, hopefully with more to come.

HoustonFarrier

10-29-2008, 01:35 PM

3:00 PM Update is very good. Tram is off all IV's and doing well. He has been grazing today, and they are introducing alfalfa hay today to see how he does. If all goes well, tomorrow he gets some grain to make sure he can process that OK. So, he has a few more days at A&M...but things are going well for him.

As if that wasn't enough, my daughter (who is Type I diabetic) and 8 mos pregnant also went in the hospital this week. They have decided to take the baby early.....Type I diabetics don't do well with childbirth.....plus, baby is only 4 lbs, so, he's coming TONIGHT. Babies of diabetic mothers have a much greater incidence of sudden death during chilbirth(for the baby), so, as a precaution, he's coming early. So, Grandpa Steve is going to the hospital tonight....(#3 grandchild...ALL boyz).

Steve

rums_mom

10-29-2008, 01:43 PM

Congrats on the new grandbaby!

Great news on Tram...............

WashingtonBay

10-29-2008, 01:43 PM

Gee whiz Steve! Quite a week! Prayers for your daughter and the delivery of a healthy baby.

And glad that Tram is in good hands and is less cause for worry.

jeezitsjacki

10-29-2008, 02:17 PM

glad tram is improving... congrats about your grandbaby..hopefully everything will go smoothly

Peggy Sue

10-29-2008, 02:39 PM

Glad to hear Tram is doing well

Sending great birthing thoughts to your daughter and hope all goes well there....

grandmadeb

10-29-2008, 03:01 PM

Glad Tram is doing better and how thrilling to welcome a new baby into the family.

Gypsy Rose

10-29-2008, 03:31 PM

Glad to hear Tram's doing better! Sending good thoughts to your daughter.

gaited07

10-29-2008, 03:36 PM

Buckpoco

10-29-2008, 04:56 PM

Wow, you sure have a lot to deal with. Sounds like the horse issues are coming along. I pray your daughter and baby will be fine... I'm sure they will. We're waiting for the any day birth of our first grandchild...I can only imagine what you are going through. God Bless.

JetLagaside

10-29-2008, 05:23 PM

Good to hear about Tram and will be sending good thoughts for your daughter and the new grandchild.

Ryle

10-30-2008, 07:45 AM

Steve,
I'll be praying for your daughter, the baby and Tram.

lovesfortune

10-30-2008, 07:54 AM

Great news with Tram. I hope he continues to improve.. especially since you will be busy with your new grandbaby! I hope all goes well with your daughter and her delivery.

SedonaThunder

10-30-2008, 08:37 AM

Yay - glad to hear Tram is on the mend! Prayers on their way to your daughter and grandbaby now... can't wait for an update and some pictures of the baby and grandaddy!