Paynter back in clinic; Colitis diagnosed..

[Riot]

Glad the IV antibiotics seem to be working. Cause of intermittent fever can be frustratingly impossible to find sometimes - just treat!

This horse is an iron horse so far - unbelievable

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

From the tweet:

<<paynter up @JustinZayat good night last nigth no fever all blood work good ,very comfortablehe is out now glazing good response for new med>>

I know it's just a typo, but I now have a mental image of Paynter sitting in a pottery class, putting the finishing touches on a project.

With my renewed health and sense of vigor, I just started my first pottery class last night too!!

Maybe next week I'll make something for Paynter.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

From the tweet:

<<paynter up @JustinZayat good night last nigth no fever all blood work good ,very comfortablehe is out now glazing good response for new med>>

I know it's just a typo, but I now have a mental image of Paynter sitting in a pottery class, putting the finishing touches on a project.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

From the tweet:

<<paynter up @JustinZayat good night last nigth no fever all blood work good ,very comfortablehe is out now glazing good response for new med>>

I know it's just a typo, but I now have a mental image of Paynter sitting in a pottery class, putting the finishing touches on a project.

That is awesome. Love it!

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

With my renewed health and sense of vigor, I just started my first pottery class last night too!!

Maybe next week I'll make something for Paynter.

... and after that maybe you could sculpt a relief version of this...

http://twitter.com/LaFusta/status/24.../photo/1/large

[Merlinsky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSI9c...eature=g-all-u

TVG interview with Mr. Zayat.

[Riot]

Various updates today, from 5 and 6 hours ago on A Zayat on Twitter

AWESOME

Congrats, Team Paynter, hope the good news continues for you all.

@justinzayat

Paynter update: NEWS FLASH.. OMG OMG OMG thank you lord power of prayers.

Our warrior had Dr. Brian Fraley flown in from KY to visit him and wow yes he has beaten Laminitis.

And yes he can race again. Here are the details.... casts were removed today. He is showing uniform wall growth in all four feet.

Radiographs taken barefoot showed significant sole growth.

The hoof-lamellar zone has returned to a normal thickness indicating a decrease in swelling within the hoof.

Soft-ride boots with EVA foam pads were placed on the front feet and EVA foam pads were placed on the hind feet

He is sound at the walk Drs. Javsicas & Fraley are optimistic that his feet will not be performance limiting.

Meaning that he can race again at a top-notch level. Now that our warrior have beaten this sick disease of laminitis if he can only beat his colitis and get his G1 track back to normal.Healing will take some time but we are heading in the right direction

His fever is normal today. He is bright, happy and comfortable. I am on cloud nine, I will take it day by day.

We can’t claim victory yet but the people’s horse is fighting hard and he is so courageous. #Champion #keepfightingpaynter

[Danzig]

http://www.drf.com/news/zayat-paynte...-significantly

just read this on drf, great news.

[my miss storm cat]

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/art...ws-3886656.php

[my miss storm cat]

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ra...to-new-bolton/

[Riot]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ra...to-new-bolton/

Yikes. Well, that explains the strange recurrent fever.

Thanks for the update.

[Merlinsky]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...-at-new-bolton

He's undergoing surgery on his cecum on Wed. Sounds like a pretty good prognosis.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...-at-new-bolton

He's undergoing surgery on his cecum on Wed. Sounds like a pretty good prognosis.

hope surgery goes well, recovery also.

[Riot]

Twitter updates: Good news!

1:00pm or so:

@justinzayat the champ is standing. He is in recovery room.Surgery want as plan.Dr. Southwood is very happy with it more later #warrior

@jazz3162 we just received this from dr. Louise. "He is in recovery. It was what we expected (abscess in cecal apex) which was very resectable. I am not superstitious ....but..... can I wait to call you until he is standing? We will update later when we hear

[Danzig]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...hrough-surgery


just saw this on bloodhorse, paynter came thru ok.

the growth they removed- GROSS!! no wonder he was sick.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...hrough-surgery


just saw this on bloodhorse, paynter came thru ok.

the growth they removed- GROSS!! no wonder he was sick.

Yeah my first thought was definitely "yuck!" I gotta wonder what the surgeon did to prevent getting bowled over by that smell. It's gotta be overpowering. A mask just wouldn't do it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Yeah my first thought was definitely "yuck!" I gotta wonder what the surgeon did to prevent getting bowled over by that smell. It's gotta be overpowering. A mask just wouldn't do it.

perhaps they become inured to that type of thing after a while? i can only imagine some of the things encountered in that line of work.

[NoLuvForPletch]

infections are so dangerous. what a tough animal...

[casp0555]

Great news!

[joeydb]

Keeping a good thought for Paynter, and glad to hear he is improving. Great horse.

[Danzig]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ton?source=rss


paynter to be released, will go to fair hill for rehab. he's the one in a million who beat the odds against a disease with a very, very low survival rate. great news, best of luck going forward!