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[Linda]

Mary Ellen,

How did your ewe make out?  I do hope she came home in good health.

Linda

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 03:03:24 -0800 (PST), Mary Hansson wrote:
>Hi,

>I came home from work yesterday to find a ewe down.  I could get her up and
>walk her in to the sheep shed and eventually out to the truck for her trip to
>the vet.  Her head was turned 45 degrees back consistently.  I presumed
>calcium deficiency or ketosis when I looked at her, but not long after I was
>getting calcium paste into her, I realized that it wasn't going down any
>longer.  She had her jaws locked in tetany and was just quivering.  This, of
>course, doesn't look very promising.
>
>Talked to the vet who was also not encouraging, but was willing to see if
>getting fluids in her and dosing her up would turn the picture around.  I got
>her down there in about an hour and a half.  He pulled up and we checked her
>body temperature out---HIGH.  He did a sonogram and found a happy heartbeat---
>I can see why vets could easily miss babies!!!  I didn't hear of her demise
>last evening.  Anyway, I am to go pick her up this afternoon dead or alive.

>Mary Ellen

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