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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
12:33 pm pst
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM=INVESTMENT OF TIME & MONEY
Have you ever questioned how a person becomes publicized in spite
of the fact that the person may be dishonest, cruel, deceitful, abusive, etc.? It's simple- invest time & money in that
person and before you know it you'll see this individual's name & picture in print and touted by the organization that's
received the support. It's a money thing, seriously.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Potomac Horse Fever??????
Day 6 since my horse started his 104 degree fever. Today another
horse at our farm in Charles Town spiked a 105 degree fever. Obviously the vet was called, a different vet from the same practice
came out to examine our new "patient." After her examination she stated that she thought it was possible that we are dealing
with Potomac Horse Fever. Not hard to believe since we are living in the Shenandoah River valley, which is a tributary of
the Potomac River. Of course I'm confused why the vet that examined my horse, Dave" , last week didn't have any clear explanation
for what was happening. Dave's treatment was simply doxycyclene, today's patient, Posi, received IV electrolytes with amoxycillin,
and starting doxy tomorrow. It will be interesting to see if Positron's illness follows the same path as Dave's. Dave spiked
a high fever again the second day. So far I think we've been very blessed with no complications...................
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Correction to last post..............
1:39 pm pst
Did you know that you can see anyone's legal record
8:16 am pst
Do not go where the path may lead........
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
My horse has 104 degree fever!
No sooner did I post the tick warning & my horse, Dave, turned
up with a 104 degree fever!!! I had the vet out, she drew blood for a lyme titer & we started him on doxycyclene. His
high fever is NOT generally associated with Lyme specifically, but I know personally tick bourne diseases (yes, plural!) can
present differently in every animal or person. It is decidedly NOT a black & white type of disease. It is possible to
get false negative results repeatedly.I talked to my farrier this morning & she told me she knows of a few other horses
in our area that spiked the high fevers. They were told their horses had "tick fever". Hmmmmmmmmm. Anyway, read my earlier
lyme post, it's very important.
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