Tuesday Trivia Stomach Scoping!
⭐❓TUESDAY TRIVIA!!! ❓⭐
Test your equine vet knowledge! 🩺
This video is from a recent gastroscopy (stomach scoping)! What do you see? Do you think it's a problem? What should we do about it? 😁
Answer will be posted tomorrow!
Tooth extraction case for a older horse with a diseased incisor and an extra canine tooth or malformed incisor! #equinedentistry
Faith's January Update!
❤📅 Faith Update!!! ❤📅
We’re excited to share everything that Faith has been up to for the last few weeks! We’ve reached some major milestones, made some big plans, and now have an opportunity for Faith’s followers to actually meet her! Read on to learn more!
📉 In November and December, Faith’s improvement in her lameness seemed to stall. We could appreciate some abnormal movement in her shoulder joint, and she seemed to have a new source of discomfort. Together with another local specialist, Friendship Mobile Vet Imaging, Dr. Hinson and Dr. Poole diagnosed Faith with arthritis in her shoulder joint. The arthritis occurred due to the instability in this joint when the triceps muscle was torn. Dr. Hinson used an ultrasound guided technique to inject the joint with Arthramid to reduce pain and promote healing.
🎉 We’ve all been overjoyed with Faith’s response to the injection! The first change following the injection was Faith’s willingness to lay down and nap on her right side. She’d never done this before since the pressure on her injury caused her too much pain. Finding her covered in shavings on her right side, three days post-injection was an exciting morning! Faith gradually improved over three weeks, and then had a massive, almost-overnight leap in her walking ability. She’s even been able to come off of all pain medications!
🧲 One of the most exciting things about her recent improvement is her newfound ability to stand for the farrier! Prior to this, we were limited to trimming her feet while she was laying down. This made it difficult to achieve a good trim. Her very first full hoof trim was on Thursday, and she did great! She received a light sedative, just to make sure everything was successful, but it’s doubtful she’ll need it in the future!
💉 Faith also just received her vaccines, and had a microship placed! She recieved a biothermal microchip for permanent idenfication AND for monitoring her temperature! Sh
Faith's January Update!
❤📅 Faith Update!!! ❤📅
We’re excited to share everything that Faith has been up to for the last few weeks! We’ve reached some major milestones, made some big plans, and now have an opportunity for Faith’s followers to actually meet her! Read on to learn more!
📉 In November and December, Faith’s improvement in her lameness seemed to stall. We could appreciate some abnormal movement in her shoulder joint, and she seemed to have a new source of discomfort. Together with another local specialist, Friendship Mobile Vet Imaging, Dr. Hinson and Dr. Poole diagnosed Faith with arthritis in her shoulder joint. The arthritis occurred due to the instability in this joint when the triceps muscle was torn. Dr. Hinson used an ultrasound guided technique to inject the joint with ArthramidVet to reduce pain and promote healing.
🎉 We’ve all been overjoyed with Faith’s response to the injection! The first change following the injection was Faith’s willingness to lay down and nap on her right side. She’d never done this before since the pressure on her injury caused her too much pain. Finding her covered in shavings on her right side, three days post-injection was an exciting morning! Faith gradually improved over three weeks, and then had a massive, almost-overnight leap in her walking ability. She’s even been able to come off of all pain medications!
🧲 One of the most exciting things about her recent improvement is her newfound ability to stand for the farrier. Prior to this, we were limited to trimming her feet while she was laying down. This made it difficult to achieve a good trim. Her very first full hoof trim was on Thursday, and she did great! She received a light sedative, just to make sure everything was successful, but it’s doubtful she’ll need it in the future.
💉 Faith also just received her vaccines, and had a microship placed. She recieved a biothermal microchip for permanent idenfication AND for monitoring her temperature.
Faith's January Update!
❤📅 Faith Update!!! ❤📅
We’re excited to share everything that Faith has been up to for the last few weeks! We’ve reached some major milestones, made some big plans, and now have an opportunity for Faith’s followers to actually meet her! Read on to learn more!
📉 In November and December, Faith’s improvement in her lameness seemed to stall. We could appreciate some abnormal movement in her shoulder joint, and she seemed to have a new source of discomfort. Together with another local specialist, Friendship Mobile Vet Imaging, Dr. Hinson and Dr. Poole diagnosed Faith with arthritis in her shoulder joint. The arthritis occurred due to the instability in this joint when the triceps muscle was torn. Dr. Hinson used an ultrasound guided technique to inject the joint with Arthramid to reduce pain and promote healing.
🎉 We’ve all been overjoyed with Faith’s response to the injection! The first change following the injection was Faith’s willingness to lay down and nap on her right side. She’d never done this before since the pressure on her injury caused her too much pain. Finding her covered in shavings on her right side, three days post-injection was an exciting morning! Faith gradually improved over three weeks, and then had a massive, almost-overnight leap in her walking ability. She’s even been able to come off of all pain medications!
🧲 One of the most exciting things about her recent improvement is her newfound ability to stand for the farrier! Prior to this, we were limited to trimming her feet while she was laying down. This made it difficult to achieve a good trim. Her very first full hoof trim was on Thursday, and she did great! She received a light sedative, just to make sure everything was successful, but it’s doubtful she’ll need it in the future!
💉 Faith also just received her vaccines, and had a microship placed! She recieved a biothermal microchip for permanent idenfication AND for monitoring her temperature! Sh
Faith's January Update!
❤📅 Faith Update!!! ❤📅
We’re excited to share everything that Faith has been up to for the last few weeks! We’ve reached some major milestones, made some big plans, and now have an opportunity for Faith’s followers to actually meet her! Read on to learn more!
📉 In November and December, Faith’s improvement in her lameness seemed to stall. We could appreciate some abnormal movement in her shoulder joint, and she seemed to have a new source of discomfort. Together with another local specialist, Friendship Mobile Vet Imaging, Dr. Hinson and Dr. Poole diagnosed Faith with arthritis in her shoulder joint. The arthritis occurred due to the instability in this joint when the triceps muscle was torn. Dr. Hinson used an ultrasound guided technique to inject the joint with Arthramid to reduce pain and promote healing.
🎉 We’ve all been overjoyed with Faith’s response to the injection! The first change following the injection was Faith’s willingness to lay down and nap on her right side. She’d never done this before since the pressure on her injury caused her too much pain. Finding her covered in shavings on her right side, three days post-injection was an exciting morning! Faith gradually improved over three weeks, and then had a massive, almost-overnight leap in her walking ability. She’s even been able to come off of all pain medications!
🧲 One of the most exciting things about her recent improvement is her newfound ability to stand for the farrier! Prior to this, we were limited to trimming her feet while she was laying down. This made it difficult to achieve a good trim. Her very first full hoof trim was on Thursday, and she did great! She received a light sedative, just to make sure everything was successful, but it’s doubtful she’ll need it in the future!
💉 Faith also just received her vaccines, and had a microship placed! She recieved a biothermal microchip for permanent idenfication AND for monitoring her temperature! Sh
❤️❤️ Sneak Peek! What a week! ❤️❤️
Everyone's favorite fighting filly has made GREAT strides in the last few days!
We'll post more about how we did it in an upcoming update! Also, stay tuned for how YOU can meet her! 👏👏👏
#FaithStrong #JusticeforFaith
Sandhills Horse Rescue - A Story of Faith
Spicy Faith
We haven’t posted an “official” Faith update in a while (with several of us traveling to the AAEP convention in San Diego last week, we got a little behind)!
We’ll post a longer update next week, but until then, enjoy this video of what it’s like to bring Faith in from the paddock on cold evenings! 🤣❤️
Please don’t blast us for the giggles when she tumbles! She’s a silly kindergartener and it shows some days! 🤣 This was taken about a week ago, and she looks even a bit better than this now!
#faithstrong #justiceforfaith
💖🗓️ Friday Faith Update! 🗓️💖
🎂 Faith's 6 month "birthday" was this week! For her birthday she got a hay ball - a mobile slow feeder that will give her enrichment, encourage a little more movement/exercise, and help slow down her voracious appetite! 🤣 We definitely don't want Faith getting overweight, since that would be too hard on her joints and tendons right now.
🩹 Her bandaging routine had to be tweaked several times this week. She's most comfortable with her knee splinted, but she started to get a little sore in one area so we had to alternate with periods of "naked" time, and periods in a soft bandage. We also increased her exercise with some walks around the clinic, but her enthusiasm was a bit too much too soon, and we had to dial it back a little!
🫁 A lung ultrasound showed that the abscess in her left lung is about 50% smaller, so she's responding well to the antibiotics. She'll need to stay on them for a few more weeks most likely.
🍂 Our vet tech Emma made Faith a beautiful handmade wreath to wear for a mini photoshoot (we'll share the results next week)! We were extra careful to introduce it to her in a non-threatening way, and she happily volunteered to put her head through it for a food reward! We really weren't surprised that she enjoyed it- she is incredibly social, easy, and trusting!
📢 Next week holds a big event for Faith - a transfer of ownership! Don't worry, she's not going anywhere just yet (she's still too medically labor-intensive to leave the clinic). Faith's legal ownership will transfer from Cumberland County Animal Services to Sandhills Horse Rescue!
🏇 Sandhills Horse Rescue is a small 501c3 with the dedicated purpose of acting as a "halfway" for horses seized by or surrendered to local animal control agencies. Dr. Kivett is a founding board member, along with Tori McLeod of 4Hooves Large Animal Services, LLC. Local folks might remember Hope the Wonderhorse at Sandhills Horse Rescue as the i
❤️🗓️ Friday Faith Update! 🗓️❤️
(On Saturday, because it was that kind of week!)
This was a fun week for Faith, as she made some great progress with her leg and with her pneumonia!
👠 After last weekend’s splint, Faith seemed a bit more comfortable and we decided it was time to increase her exercise to let her develop strength and flexibility. The increased activity made it impossible to keep her special “heels” on, so Sunday was her last day in them and she hasn’t looked back so far!
💪 As we increased her exercise, we could see her getting stronger each day. On Sunday and Monday, she would willingly take 3-4 steps on her way to the paddock before she needed a short break. By Friday she was walking the whole way with no breaks!
🩹 We tried a few different types of support bandages this week. Without some carpal (knee) support, she tends to keep her leg a little bit bent, which is damaging over time. We made her a new, very short, lightweight pvc knee splint, and she seems to love it!
☀️ Faith is spending her days outside in the sun (except today because the weather is gross) with her best friend Hattie. We rarely hear her cough now, so she’s scheduled for a lung ultrasound this week to see if we are close to being able to stop antibiotics.
💭 While we had a GREAT week, we’re going to reiterate here that we are *cautiously* optimistic about her prognosis for a pasture sound, happy, pain-free life. We acknowledge that her current degree of lameness is unsatisfactory for long-term survival. If she is not able to freely walk and trot in a field by the time she is large enough to begin to experience problems associated with her lameness, she will not be asked to continue a life like this. At this time, she is very delayed in her growth (due to stress and pneumonia), so this does give us extra time in a weird, mixed-blessing kind of way. As long as Faith continues to improve, little by little, we are here for it! ❤
Faith’s New Friend!
❤️🗓️ Friday Faith Update!!! 🗓️❤️
Faith had a great week this week!
She hit a huge milestone- small paddock turnout! 🤩 We constructed a small paddock inside our larger paddock to allow Faith to spend her days in the sun, eating grass, moving around a little, and getting stronger! She’s not strong enough to be safely turned out in a larger area, but we can slowly expand her area if needed. We found some lightweight corral panels that present less risk for injury, and placed the enclosure inside our larger paddock for added safety AND - a new friend!
Faith and “Hattie” immediately hit it off, and it’s a fitting friendship since Hattie came from an Animal Control seizure / abuse trial in Hoke County eight years ago.
Faith is currently wearing her splint about half the time, which helps keep her leg straight and healing appropriately. Her pneumonia is improving now, and she had normal bloodwork this week!
🤞🙏❤️ Please keep the good vibes, prayers, and contributions to Cumberland County Animal Control coming! There is finally a way to donate to Animal Control’s fund for Faith online!! Link posted in the comments!!
#faithstrong #justiceforfaith
PT for Faith - the abused foal from Cumberland County NC
Faith’s PT!
❤️ Here’s a look at Faith’s daily physical therapy routine! ❤️
Each morning and evening she gets passive range-of motion exercises and stretching to help strengthen her healing muscles and prevent her tendons from contracting.
Faith has spent so much time bandaged and splinted that it’s hard for her to re-learn how to use her right front leg. She still has some discomfort from her torn muscle and fracture, but she seems to enjoy the PT! This is also critical to help prevent her leg from becoming contracted or deformed as she heals.
How cute is she dribbling water on Dr Kivett’s head? 🤣
#faithstrong #justiceforfaith
Judy, you were loved.
Faith Update:
💔 With great sadness, we need to share some devastating news with Faith’s fans. On Tuesday night, Faith lost her mother to an acute, severe bout of colic. A rapidly progressive colon displacement/torsion (flipping of intestines) made Judy so painful that she could not be medically treated. Judy was humanely euthanized in early hours of Wednesday morning and was laid to rest at friend’s nearby farm.
Faith received a light sedative for the separation, and was introduced to our clinic’s “emotional support horse” for companionship. By late morning, Faith was calmly napping in the sun in her stall. She has adjusted very well to her new independence, and is eating well and showing no signs of stress. She’s receiving extra love and attention from staff, and we are making plans to add a small outdoor enclosure where she can begin to meet and socialize with other horses.
It's important to note that Faith is almost six months old, an age at which many foals are weaned or naturally wean from their mothers. While we had not planned to separate her from Judy any time soon, she is physically and mentally mature for this new stage of her life.
Please remember that Cumberland County Animal Services still needs support to continue Faith’s care and increase her chances for recovery. You can always see the currently available ways to donate at FoundationEquine.com/faith
A visit with Hope!
❤️ Last week we had a lovely visit from one of our favorite (and most famous) patients - !
🩻 Some of you will remember Hope from her dramatic tale of survival after near-death starvation. Following her ordeal, Hope was officially adopted from Sandhills Horse Rescue by Justin and Tori McLeod of and Dr. Kivett!
🩺 Hope had a full once-over to evaluate her weight (we worry about her weight in the ☝️opposite direction these days), overall health, teeth, and joints! She also received all her recommended preventive care (vaccines, Coggins, fecal).
🥼 Hope was seen by soon-to-be Dr. Kerry O'Donnell, a longtime friend of the practice and current senior student at , alongside Dr. Kivett!
A visit with Hope!
❤️ Last week we had a lovely visit from one of our favorite (and most famous) patients - !
🩻 Some of you will remember Hope from her dramatic tale of survival after near-death starvation. Following her ordeal, Hope was officially adopted from Sandhills Horse Rescue by Justin and Tori McLeod of and Dr. Kivett!
🩺 Hope had a full once-over to evaluate her weight (we worry about her weight in the ☝️opposite direction these days), overall health, teeth, and joints! She also received all her recommended preventive care (vaccines, Coggins, fecal).
🥼 Hope was seen by soon-to-be Dr. Kerry O'Donnell, a longtime friend of the practice and current senior student at , alongside Dr. Kivett!
A visit with Hope!
❤️ Last week we had a lovely visit from one of our favorite (and most famous) patients - Hope the Wonderhorse at Sandhills Horse Rescue!
🩻 Some of you will remember Hope from her dramatic tale of survival after near-death starvation. Following her ordeal, Hope was officially adopted from Sandhills Horse Rescue by Justin and Tori McLeod of 4Hooves Large Animal Services, LLC and Dr. Kivett!
🩺 Hope had a full once-over to evaluate her weight (we worry about her weight in the ☝️opposite direction these days), overall health, teeth, and joints! She also received all her recommended preventive care (vaccines, Coggins, fecal).
🥼 Hope was seen by soon-to-be Dr. Kerry O'Donnell, a longtime friend of the practice and current senior student at NC State College of Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Hospital, alongside Dr. Kivett!
❤️We’re always trying to do just a little better each day - for our patients, for our clients, AND for each other! ❤️
Yesterday we spent the morning doing some communication training thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.
⭐️This was the second time we’ve reviewed the DISC communication system- designed to help us empathize with how others want to receive information, and how we can better give those around us what they really need! ⭐️
Lines of Blaschko!
⭐⭐ Here's the answer to yesterday's "Tuesday Trivia"! ⭐⭐
The faint vertical lines on this warmblood mare's barrel are "lines of Blaschko!"
These lines follow the pattern of cell proliferation during the embryonic development of the animal.
When this mare was only an embryo, some of her epidermal (skin) cells most likely had a small DNA difference for color or hair growth. Those cells divided and spread as the embryo expanded, ultimately creating a horse with "stripes!"
Another possibility for what we see here is "linear urticaria," hives that organize into a line - but this mare has these "stripes" all the time, so lines of Blaschko is the correct diagnosis!
Tuesday Trivia - unusual coat pattern!
⭐️⭐️ Updated with the answer! ⭐️⭐️
These are lines of Blaschko! These lines are created by migration of cells during formation of the embryo. More information in today’s post!
❓❓ TUESDAY TRIVIA!!! ❓❓
Test your equine vet knowledge!
Do you see anything unusual with this mare's coat?
What do you think might be going on here?
What questions should we ask the owner to make sure we get it right?
Answer will post tomorrow morning!
