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Re: [RC] colic and surgery - merrybenI have always said that I would not have colic surgery done because of cost, pain to the animal, etc. HOWEVER, if it were Jake, Liya or Opie on the ground and the vet said surgery was a good option.....who knows. I also can afford to max out a credit card if I have to. I have no kids, etc., to support and can do without a lot, it I have to. Hope I don't have to make that decision....................mb-----Original Message----- From: Michael Maul <mmaul@xxxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:24:42 -0500 Subject: [RC] colic and surgery In response to Angie's note "For the money, what the horse goes through, and the prognosis, I don't think it's worth it. Maybe I'd back out if there and have to make the call. I guess we'll see." I think it depends a lot on things you can't judge ahead of time. My 17 year old gelding coliced on the way to a ride. we were about 500 miles from home. I tried local help and a clinic but ended up driving back to Texas A&M for surgery. They opened him up - found that the "pelvic flexure" had flopped over and was the reason for the colic. They put it back in place and closed him up. I got him back in a little over 2 days and with the schedule the vet gave me - did a 50 mile ride 90 days later. Since then he's done another 1400 miles and reached 4,000 last year. This year we are working on 5,000. 120 days after - the vet could not even find the incision. I checked his progress regularly during the 90 days with the vet to see if there were any problems. If there's a resection - then it changes things of course. But you can't know that ahead of time. Time makes a difference. He had surgery within 12 hours of when I found the problem. The university was very reasonable about cost. I told them ahead of time it was out of pocket for me. Mike =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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