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Boy Tracey, I'm saying lots of prayers for you and Diceman!!!  Sound 
like a nasty business.  Is it fly borne?
Laney

Tracey Lomax wrote:
> I’ve owned horses for ten years.  For all ten I’ve worried about AHS and 
> tried everything I can to prevent it.  This year was no different : 
> inoculate correctly, use tabard to keep midges away, burn drums of crap 
> to keep them away, make sure horses are fit and healthy.
>
> For ten years I’ve successfully avoided AHS and now it’s hit one of mine.
>
> I rode Diceman this morning and he was absolutely fine.  Full of beans, 
> enjoyed his jumping.  Lovely ride.  Put him into the paddock and all was 
> well.  I’ve been in and out of the paddock all day as we’ve been doing 
> stuff to the yard, and I’ve kept an eye on him all day.  At about three, 
> I said to Roderick that he looked “funny”.  Roderick told me that he 
> looked fine : he’s fat, shiny, was grazing happily with Harry.  He even 
> commented on the dapples on his neck….at 4 pm we brought them into the 
> stables and I fed them all.  Diceman cleaned up his supper as usual.  At 
> 4.30 I went in to pick out feet.  As I put my hand on Dice’s rump I felt 
> his temperature and he was HOT.  I hadn’t noticed earlier as he put 
> himself away.  I got out my thermometer  - 39.9C and climbing (I didn’t 
> wait for the alarm to go off as 39 is high enough for me to call the vet!!)
>
> I immediately checked colour and he looked slightly jaundices so first 
> thought was biliary.  Phoned the vet who suggested I come in and collect 
> some Foray.  I asked Rod to go and I got Albert to hose Dice while I 
> gave Jaime her bath.  Half an hour later I went to check on him and his 
> head was swelling up.  He was still eating his hay but I phoned Rod and 
> told him to get the vet to come out as it was AHS.  Vet came out and 
> confirmed it.  He says that there is fluid round the lungs, but that 
> there’s no reflux so it’s not critical.  We’ve given him Vit B12 and 
> BCo, antibiotic to avoid secondary infection in the lungs, cortisone for 
> inflammation.  Now I have to watch him as the next 24 hours are 
> critical.  Vet won’t give a prognosis yet, which depresses me as I 
> really want him to tell me “of course your horse will be fine” but we’re 
> hoping that we’ve caught it early and as it’s the dikkop and not the 
> dunkop variety, his chances are better.
>
> I’m gonna be up ALL night, so if anyone’s lonely, drop me a line.  I’ll 
> be on-line off and on between checking on Dice.
>
> And please, if you can, say a prayer for Diceman.
>
> And for me, if you want, as I feel as if someone has poured ice down my 
> back.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tracey


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