Hier staat het hele verhaal!!
February 14, 2005
Magic started sweating Sunday night and was waxed. We watched her through the night and nothing. In the morning she was so nervous and it was a gorgeous warm sunny day so I put her out. She was still nervous until I let Desi out with her. I grabbed my book and sat and watched her. She was up and down a lot rolling and such, but not pushing yet. When she started pushing and nothing presented, I called the vet. Luck would have it that the clutch went out on her truck that morning!
She told me to check if the cervix was open.. it was. I brought Magic back into the stall where it was at least clean for a foal. She finally started to present and we had a red bag, so I tore that and we got what at first seemed normal - feet... They were front feet, so that was good, but the bottoms were pointing up. BAD! felt inside and head was upside down and turned back. REAL BAD.
I called a vet that was closer. He was busy. We called THREE more vets - all busy or no return call! So we called the first vet back and cried for help. He headed out. I kept her walking to keep her from pushing. Vet got here and couldn't get head turned either. Called vet clinic said get her there FAST! We assumed that the foal was dead by this time and we were just trying to save the mare. The trailer ride apparently did the trick and the foals head was just at the entrance to the birth canal when they checked her, AND it had flipped over. They pulled and as she was coming out I saw her BLINK!!! I almost screamed that she was alive and everyone came rushing in. They rushed and got oxygen for the foal and dried her off and warmed her up. They eventually moved mom and filly to a stall where they pulled mom's colostrum and bottle fed the filly, who has an excellent suck response and wass eating like a horse.
She is not standing without some help real well yet, but that little girl sure is trying for all she's worth! Magic still isn't quite sure about this THING but she isn't outright rejecting her either. Placenta was retained and they were still working on that when I left, but prognosis is excellent. Filly is rather amazing... Big beautiful bay with one solid front leg, HUGE blaze that covers the whole left side of her face and back under her throatlatch, white to mid-knee on other front leg, both back legs white to stifles, bug belly spot by girth are and maybe more between back legs. She won't be a cheap filly when all is said and done, but I'm pretty impressed with this little girl and her fight to live so far.