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I've posted some nonsensical garbage as you are all aware. But tonight I'd like to defend my nonsensicalness? Horse and human, they're 2 very different animals with very different anatomies. I get it. But the description of Rachel's problem- made me compare it to Brock Lesnar's diverticulitis. I did it just to give people a comparison and a little perspective on what's happening with her. Yeah... that comparison didn't go over so well lol. If you're not familiar with his story, I'll give you the summed up version.Lesnar got really sick while training for a UFC fight. The doctors at the first hosptial he went to couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. So he goes to another hospital after a couple days. They finally diagnose him with diverticulitis. Somehow he had a small hole in his intestine, which was leaking waste and other gross stuff into his blood stream. From that he got a nasty bacterial infection. He almost died from it, because they weren't able to diagnose him for days after he got sick. At least with Rachel they were able to diagnose her quickly and hopefully she pulls through ok. I said as much in the comment section. So was the comparison/overall comment really dumb, sorta dumb, or did I not deserve ridicule this time lol? By the way, I do hope the best for her. I don't want that to get lost in all this.
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oh, and i just stuck a stick in that bears cage and rattled it. this ought to go well. ![]()
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Yes, horses and humans are different, but if we were so utterly and completely different from animals, science wouldn't be experimenting with animals for medical treatments. A DVM I used to know once told me when you came down to it, mammals are physically quite similar to each other, whether whale or ape. What I can't understand is why that same poster who responded to you isn't saying the same thing to all the hysterical "OH MY GOD, NOW SHE WON'T GET TO BE A MOMMY TO HER BABY" posts. Because, lolwut?
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will her foal go back to mommy...no, no she won't. that nurse mare is the 'mommy' that filly knows now. then there are the folks saying 'i stayed up all night worrying'. seriously?! someone else posted something along the lines of 'i hope they don't pressure rachel to breed again'. pressure?! like there was a negotiation between people and the horse?! geeez
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I saw someone point out that by the time Rachel recovers, she'll have lived on decreased grain for awhile and her milk will have dried up. It's not as much knowing the nurse mare as 'mommy' that's the issue. The foal simply wouldn't have food to eat. I heard Rachel was raised on a nurse mare herself because even when Lotta Kim has healthy foals, she's not a particularly motherly type, i.e. her babies are, forgive the Latin butchering, equus non grata. |
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i wonder what the home looks like of the person who wrote they were 'praying with every heart beat' for rachel? i'm figuring crocheted afgans everywhere, with either stuffed animals or cats on them. ![]()
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![]() Saw the promising update on bhorse. Rachel took a short walk outside, feed had been introduced, she ate some grass, all vital signs normal. Hope she is upgraded from serious condition soon. Good news, and hoping it continues.
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Here's Stonestreet's picture of her outdoor visit with her doctors. She's giving the camera that very Rachel look. |
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![]() Really hope she makes it. One of my favorites.
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![]() Posted at noon ET today on Twitter--Rachel enjoying another mint at lunchtime. Looks like she's hanging in there.
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Re: Lotta Kim- RA was her first foal, and she did reject her. Her second died (wobbler's syndrome- I don't know what that is) and her third (Samantha Nicole) she took to okay. I guess some mares need a trial run before they figure it all out. ![]()
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![]() http://www.viddy.com/video/e56534bc-...b-fb5a4bee4aca
Here's a video from Stonestreet basically taken when the picture of Rachel getting her mint was. It's just a few seconds, but it's great to see her. She had at least one other foal die from a virus or something because the Wobber's sufferer, apparently named Empire Ruler per the Breeders' Cup website, was just one. She was barren in 2008 (or at least that's what I assume happened when there's "Horse Not Found" for that year. 2009 she was pregnant to Any Given Saturday but no surviving foal. 2010 barren. 2011 Samantha Nicole, 2012 pregnant to Elusive Quality at some point, no surviving foal. There's a reason Lotta Kim's known for having problems. One foal dying is bad luck, 2 or 3 with maybe a miscarriage in there = problem child. |
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![]() I am not sure how long after the wobbler was born that they euthanized him. But yeah, lotta kim doesnt get pregnant easily.
As for rachel, i am somewhat surprised that people are saying she has had complications with both foals. They took her to the clinic last year for pain-if thats a complication, then every animal who has ever given birth has had complications. Perhaps many who are posting on drf, etc, just dont realize how treacherous life off the track can be.
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