Was:: Oakland Hills/now, leave it to the vet

["Claudia Provin" <provincmk@fanninelectric.com>]

It is also not very nice (to say the least) when you accidentally put an IM
shot (at least of penicillin) into a blood vessel---BE SURE to remember to
"pull back" to check for blood in the syringe.   I watched my horse "go
crazy" for nearly five minutes---I thought I had killed him for sure.
Claudia

> << BTW... I've been intending to share this with all of ride camp.  We
very
>  narrowly missed killing a fine mare a few weeks ago who was colicing (a
>  pasture colic-early one morning-- absolute NOT ride related) & made the
>  mistake of going thru to the coratid (sp) artery.  Oh my God!!!! What a
>  trauma.... when I think of all the casual i.v. shots I have given over
the
>  years... it makes me cringe... they go into convulsions, they throw
>  themselves around, (that's what usually kills them or blows them away)
for
>  10 minutes this mare was manical, she was burned, banged, scattered &
>  splattered all over her body.  She's ok now... but for pete sakes... be
>  careful when giving that i.v. injection... It was truly one of the most
>  horrendous experiences of our horse life.  Ask your vet to explain to you
in
>  detail what happens & how to avoid it. >>
>
>
> Yep, better to leave the vet stuff to the vets--but pick the right
vets--they
> can easily make the same mistake--one of our clients' horses died from
that
> error--instantly.
>
> ti
>
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