Help cover expenses trying to save Tindra
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I am a vet and this is my first time asking for help. I am usually the one helping others.
After having lost my heart-horse of 20+ years, I felt it was time to fulfill my dream of breeding my dream horse. After plenty of research, hard work, and dedication, I bred a wonderful mare to a perfect match. On day 358, the dream became reality and little Tindra the filly was born.
She was perfect. Tindra, which is Swedish for Sparkle, just seemed to be the perfect name. We spent all day finding her itchy spots, watching how silly she was walking underneath her mom, and watching in awe as the perfect foal learned to explore the world. Everyone around her (and beyond, thanks internet!) was smiling, even the foal (when we found her itchy spots).
It was the perfect day.
But after an unexpected windstorm the day after she was born seemed to leave little Tindra quieter than usual, we got her bloodwork done and found some very dangerous indicators that let me know she was a lot sicker than she looked.
Immediately, I took her and her Mom to the hospital. Mama helped load little Tindra up in the trailer, I swear she knew I was trying to help her baby.
Tindra was diagnosed with what’s called “Dummy Foal Syndrome.”
Tindra has now been in the equine hospital for 6 days, receiving treatments hourly and very careful monitoring. From the Madigan squeeze to "brain candy", IV fluids, liters of plasma, antibiotics to protect from sepsis, gastroprotectants, Vitamins, bloodwork daily, and TLC, she's been given every treatment known to help her.
The perfect filly has round the clock care with our trusted equine vet, daily consults with an internal medicine specialist, even an echocardiogram (ultrasound of her heart) and evaluation by cardiologists.
Her dam is being the perfect mom. I spoil her with treats and she lets us do anything to help her baby. She knows we are helping her.
Everyone agrees Tindra just needs more time and TLC.
As hard as it is for me to ask for help, I need help to keep helping Tindra. I had budgeted for some potential complications, but not over a week (or two, and counting!) in the equine hospital. In all honesty I'm a complete wreck and haven't been able to work since the foal was hospitalized. Anything helps.
I have seen the horse community pull together before, please help me help this little baby.
After having lost my heart-horse of 20+ years, I felt it was time to fulfill my dream of breeding my dream horse. After plenty of research, hard work, and dedication, I bred a wonderful mare to a perfect match. On day 358, the dream became reality and little Tindra the filly was born.
She was perfect. Tindra, which is Swedish for Sparkle, just seemed to be the perfect name. We spent all day finding her itchy spots, watching how silly she was walking underneath her mom, and watching in awe as the perfect foal learned to explore the world. Everyone around her (and beyond, thanks internet!) was smiling, even the foal (when we found her itchy spots).
It was the perfect day.
But after an unexpected windstorm the day after she was born seemed to leave little Tindra quieter than usual, we got her bloodwork done and found some very dangerous indicators that let me know she was a lot sicker than she looked.
Immediately, I took her and her Mom to the hospital. Mama helped load little Tindra up in the trailer, I swear she knew I was trying to help her baby.
Tindra was diagnosed with what’s called “Dummy Foal Syndrome.”
Tindra has now been in the equine hospital for 6 days, receiving treatments hourly and very careful monitoring. From the Madigan squeeze to "brain candy", IV fluids, liters of plasma, antibiotics to protect from sepsis, gastroprotectants, Vitamins, bloodwork daily, and TLC, she's been given every treatment known to help her.
The perfect filly has round the clock care with our trusted equine vet, daily consults with an internal medicine specialist, even an echocardiogram (ultrasound of her heart) and evaluation by cardiologists.
Her dam is being the perfect mom. I spoil her with treats and she lets us do anything to help her baby. She knows we are helping her.
Everyone agrees Tindra just needs more time and TLC.
As hard as it is for me to ask for help, I need help to keep helping Tindra. I had budgeted for some potential complications, but not over a week (or two, and counting!) in the equine hospital. In all honesty I'm a complete wreck and haven't been able to work since the foal was hospitalized. Anything helps.
I have seen the horse community pull together before, please help me help this little baby.
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Maggie Klein
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Somerset, TX