Bella Update

Thankfully, after Theresa administered medication, Bella had a bowel movement and has been passing gas, so hopefully, the crisis has passed!

Little Starbuck had a ‘waterfall’ type bowel movement so he is feeling much better to say the least – the oil has finally made its way through!
He feels better – he even attempted to kick up his heels, but alas, his little legs are not quite ready for that and he wiped out.
It’s hard to discourage a baby that apparently feels better to not run around and to follow doctor’s orders. Running around is not good for his front legs.
Thank you all for your good thoughts and prayers. Theresa will update again tomorrow.
Wishing everyone a great weekend!

Jeanne

The baby’s name is Starbuck. It’s been on the tip of my tongue since I first saw him – I don’t know why. I waited for another name to come to me but it didn’t – Starbuck is it!

Starbuck was still having a tough time going poop again today. I was going to run him some fluids after his mom got a bath but that’s when he got his catheter out.

Dr. Tanya came back out and oiled him and put in another catheter – he’ll be getting antibiotics and other meds for a few more days. It is possible he has a meconium impaction which would not be a good thing. He may have gone without needed care after he was born for too long. I hope and pray that isn’t the case.

Starbuck’s legs deviate outwards and he is knees are actually bending backwards – more than he was yesterday. We don’t know if he was born early, late, etc. We do know that Dr. Ryan will be out tomorrow – we’ll likely get x-rays done.

Bella looks better – even if she didn’t get a very good bath.

The other horses that were at the same place that Bella and Starbuck came from were all picked up today – I didn’t want any of them to be left behind alone – they were family. The mini with the ruptured eye was picked up from the hospital this evening and is doing better. She tried to colic at the hospital after the surgery. She’s gone to her new home – thank you Leisha! The stud was picked up by Pam this evening and delivered to his new home (thank you Marilyn!). At the same time he was picked up, Dawn (Faith Equine Rescue) picked up the coming 3 yr old filly – this filly may be pregnant by her sire – a vet will be examining her tomorrow.

God bless everyone that helped us to pull this all together and that has helped in any way. Please – keep all of them in your prayers.

Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
www.bhfer.org

Sorry I didn’t get this out last night – I had it about done and got the blue screen of death and was too tired to start over.

Mom and baby arrived and unloaded ok last evening. The mare dropped her head immediately and started grazing. She has the kindest eyes. And her baby is adorable.

Welcome to Beauty’s Haven little one…

You can see he has issues with his front legs – he does break over with his front right at times but he catches himself.

His mom, Bella, really loves the grass but for now they will have to be confined to a stall. We’ll do a small amount of hand walking but not much. The baby’s immune system is not what it needs to be. He is susceptible to infection/disease related to failure of passive transfer – he didn’t get the antibodies from momma’s milk in the first few critical hours after he was born. He could develop infected joints, pneumonia, diarrhea, etc. He is on antibiotics and we are monitoring him closely. Babies can crash pretty quickly but he seems to be feeling better this morning. He sleeps a lot.

The baby is pretty small. Bella is very careful around him and she loves him dearly. She will get a bath today, I hope.

Bella needs to put quite a bit of weight on and get stronger – she’s given baby her all. She has very little milk to offer but this should improve – she’s been started on some meds to help with this.

Dr. Tanya examined the baby and drew blood yesterday. Blood tests were also done on momma. The baby still had some retained meconium which is of some concern. At 3 or 4 days old the meconium should be gone.

The little guy was very good for his exam.

He got fluids and the catheter was left in so that we can run fluids and administer meds. We monitor his temp, HR, etc. His temp was up last night, 102.7. It’s down a bit this morning. It will take time but he’s getting what he needs and Bella is getting a good diet and supplements.

We are now getting their new stall ready – he’ll be on the camera so we can have more eyes on him. They will be stall bound for quite awhile.

These two need sponsors – would anyone like to sign up to help with their care by sending a monthly amount (i.e. $10, $20, etc.)? They will be using a lot of shavings which are $4 a bag. The dentist will be out over the weekend to do Bella’s teeth – they are pretty bad. We will have more to do on the baby’s front legs – time will tell.

Thank you all for caring and for helping. They have a long way to go – please keep them in your prayers.

Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
www.bhfer.org

I was almost done with an update and I got the blue screen of death. I will have to do it over in the morning – too tired tonight but wanted to let everyone know that the mare and baby are here. The vet has come and gone. His IGG level was very low and even with him getting plasma today it may not have been enough – he may need more – he is at risk of going septic. We are waiting on bloodwork results.

I’ll provide more info in the morning. Have to go give meds and tuck him in for a few hours. More pictures and info in the morning.

Thank you all for caring. God bless – please pray for this little one and his momma.

Oh – good news on the others. The mini is going to the hospital tomorrow and will be going to her new home from there. The filly and stud are being picked up tomorrow – at the same time. I can’t tell you how worried I was about this – a family is being separated and it breaks my heart. A big thank you to those that helped to make this happen!

NO HORSE LEFT BEHIND!!

Sincerely,
Theresa
Beauty’s Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization
www.bhfer.org