late night Fairbanks, Alaska

late night Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Dugan gave us quite the scare!

So we went to the barn today, headed out a little late because I had to do my front brakes. We got their around 3ish. We said our hellos and were talking with folks there, Michaela went out to the pasture to get Dugan. She brings him in, and they make room in the barn to hook him up. He started to have a coughing fit. So bad, that he almost went down. Cindy quickly gave him some albuteral, to see if it would help his breathing. Michaela brought him out to get some grass and see if he'd calm down. Meanwhile, Cindy called the Vet to see if they were on the road and could stop in. She was, and stopped in, by the time she got there, Dugan was munching on grass and breathing alot better. The vet checked and she could hear him wheezing. She determined that it was the right course of action to give him the albuteral. She gave him a shot of predenisone and He is now on a Predenisone treatment, with the albuteral. We turned him out to the upper pasture, and he went running around like a little kid at an amusement park. It was a great relief to see him acting himself. Hopefully his lungs were just a bit worn out from coughing the last couple months due to the dryness. And we won't have any long term medication needs.. but if so....


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