March 7, 2021: Ugh… It is with a heavy heart that I have to share that we lost our little Misty tonight. She had been doing very well with eating, drinking and pooping for over a week. We were seeing her playful personality shine through with sweet whinnies as we approached and gentle head tossing when it was feeding time, but then she took a turn for the worse. She started refluxing-which means there was still a blockage internally and she was not able to pass food and fluids. This blockage was probably due to inflammation and abrasions in her small intestines and colon from the large amount of sand that had been accumulating in there for many years. To be a bit more descriptive, horses can’t throw up, so when they can’t pass what is in their stomach, there is the fear of stomach rupture.
We did everything we could medically and lovingly to keep her comfortable to see if she could come through it, but she was not responding well to the procedures and we had to make the awful decision to let her go. She was only 10 years old and it breaks our hearts that we couldn’t “fix” her so she could play and folic for another 20 plus years of her life. But, if it weren’t for the support of many, both financially and emotionally, we would not have been able to give her a real fighting chance in the first place.
I am so grateful for the love and encouragement we received that helps us carry on our passion and our mission of helping horses live happy, healthy lives. This passion comes with many ups and downs, and as sad as we are about Misty, we know there will be many more horses we will save, than lose. That, along with the support from all of you, we will keep moving forward with great hope. Thank you for being a part of this journey.
With much gratitude,
~Marjorie
Feb 21, 2021 Update: Our rescued 10-year-old Shetland pony, Misty, has become quite ill with a bad Colic and we need assistance covering her $6000+ vet bills. If we help her, she will have a successful adoption into a loving forever home.
We know she's in pain as she is showing all the signs of a gastro-intestinal blockage and has caused her to stop eating or drinking, increased her heart rate, fever, she's lying down, rolling, kicking and biting at her abdomen, stretching out her torsos, etc. If not treated medically or with surgery, a colic can take the life of an ordinarily healthy horse, like Misty. After 3 days of local vet care (various procedures to administer mineral oil and Epsom salt directly into her stomach to help move the blockage through), radiographs of her abdomen revealed a nerf-football sized clump of old sand in her colon. This is a very serious colic considering the size of the mass and that the colon is prone to infection and inflammation and made it clear that she needed 24-hour ICU medical care in a veterinary facility. So, she was sent off to the ICU at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center for, at least, 72 hours of constant clinical care to see if her colic can be resolved.
Though we are, of course, prepared to take care of all reasonable emergencies, we were not prepared for the new pony to incur a vet bill of $6000+ in just a few days! Her local vet bills are now around $1300, emergency trailer hauling was $400, care in the Loomis ICU is about $1500 per day as they tube her several times a day under sedation and administer pain meds and constant IV fluids.
If Loomis cannot help her, as colic surgery costs upwards of $10,000 (on top of the current fees), it will most likely be necessary to humanely and lovingly let her go. (Which would be another $500 expense). An ending we absolutely dread thinking about. ☹
We would be so grateful for any help you could give to help us pay for the medical care Misty needs to survive this colic. Any funds we raise here will go directly to Misty’s vet bills and care and any funds left over will go directly to the care and needs of other rescue horses. Misty really is the sweetest little pony and deserves to have the best life possible. See more photos of Misty and donate to her care on our website: http://www.sundancehorserescue.org/
With much appreciation!
~Marjorie
We did everything we could medically and lovingly to keep her comfortable to see if she could come through it, but she was not responding well to the procedures and we had to make the awful decision to let her go. She was only 10 years old and it breaks our hearts that we couldn’t “fix” her so she could play and folic for another 20 plus years of her life. But, if it weren’t for the support of many, both financially and emotionally, we would not have been able to give her a real fighting chance in the first place.
I am so grateful for the love and encouragement we received that helps us carry on our passion and our mission of helping horses live happy, healthy lives. This passion comes with many ups and downs, and as sad as we are about Misty, we know there will be many more horses we will save, than lose. That, along with the support from all of you, we will keep moving forward with great hope. Thank you for being a part of this journey.
With much gratitude,
~Marjorie
Feb 21, 2021 Update: Our rescued 10-year-old Shetland pony, Misty, has become quite ill with a bad Colic and we need assistance covering her $6000+ vet bills. If we help her, she will have a successful adoption into a loving forever home.
We know she's in pain as she is showing all the signs of a gastro-intestinal blockage and has caused her to stop eating or drinking, increased her heart rate, fever, she's lying down, rolling, kicking and biting at her abdomen, stretching out her torsos, etc. If not treated medically or with surgery, a colic can take the life of an ordinarily healthy horse, like Misty. After 3 days of local vet care (various procedures to administer mineral oil and Epsom salt directly into her stomach to help move the blockage through), radiographs of her abdomen revealed a nerf-football sized clump of old sand in her colon. This is a very serious colic considering the size of the mass and that the colon is prone to infection and inflammation and made it clear that she needed 24-hour ICU medical care in a veterinary facility. So, she was sent off to the ICU at Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center for, at least, 72 hours of constant clinical care to see if her colic can be resolved.
Though we are, of course, prepared to take care of all reasonable emergencies, we were not prepared for the new pony to incur a vet bill of $6000+ in just a few days! Her local vet bills are now around $1300, emergency trailer hauling was $400, care in the Loomis ICU is about $1500 per day as they tube her several times a day under sedation and administer pain meds and constant IV fluids.
If Loomis cannot help her, as colic surgery costs upwards of $10,000 (on top of the current fees), it will most likely be necessary to humanely and lovingly let her go. (Which would be another $500 expense). An ending we absolutely dread thinking about. ☹
We would be so grateful for any help you could give to help us pay for the medical care Misty needs to survive this colic. Any funds we raise here will go directly to Misty’s vet bills and care and any funds left over will go directly to the care and needs of other rescue horses. Misty really is the sweetest little pony and deserves to have the best life possible. See more photos of Misty and donate to her care on our website: http://www.sundancehorserescue.org/
With much appreciation!
~Marjorie
December 2020: Misty is a 10yo Shetland/cross Pony looking for her forever home. Her previous owner became ill and could not care for her any longer. She is calm and gentle when being groomed and walked. She is good with other horses and animals. She is gaining some much needed weight and we are enjoying getting to know her. We are looking for a caring forever home for Misty to share her life with some other equine friends and her new loving person.
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