Rough Evening

Well, it was a rough one. Abe became quite uncomfortable. He was given banamine, but no change was really occurring. In addition, when I checked his heart rate I heard something very odd. I explained to our vet the next morning. She came out and checked him. She said he was in atrial fibrillation. His heart was sending mixed electical signals to his heart muscles. When listened to it would sound like a normal Lub-dub, Lub-dub, Lub-dub followed by a rapid series of beats, then back to lub-dub normal. I had never heard this before. Abe has taught me much in the past 3 weeks. I had never really had any experience with canker either. I guess in the end, we crossed paths for a reason. But, I digress...
Anyhow, as the afternoon wore on Abe became uncomfortable and again the banamine did not help. Our vet came out and examined him. He appeared to be colicking. He was rectaled- nothing really abnormal, and tubed with oil, electrolytes and MofM. He was a good fella for his treatment. He remained uncomfortable and in A-fib for much of the evening. Finally around 9:30 he perked up and looked for food. He has been getting small meals in the form of bran mashes and small amount of alfalfa. He is looking very good today. He has been bright and happy today. Our farrier was out and trimmed his feet. We have a long road ahead of us, but Abe is quite the fighter!

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