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Ava had a lot more debridement on her face today. She’s actually moving her top lip and able to eat out of a hay bucket and a hay net. She’s getting soaked hay cubes too. She’s on a continuous pain med drip now and is so much more comfortable. Minor cleanup of her front legs and of her belly/teat area. She looks so much better today! No changes to her hooves in 24 hours (our most concerning issue right now is those two coronet bands and potential hoof sloughing) and her hind legs are so much better. She of course has hay cubes ALL over her bandage already. I spent a while picking hay cubes out of the stall shavings so she’d stop putting her head down to pick them off the floor and the IV catheter can work better with her head up.

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I so wanted to have a happier update today. Today is day six and it has taken a down turn. Ava’s hoof separation has progressed. So far it’s both hinds across the whole backside, about a quarter of the way forward. All four coronet bands have a purple bruise ring. Ava has a whole team of doctors and specialists and her case made it all the way to Australia where they have the most experience with severe burns. The bit of good news with it is that they did x rays and there is no laminitis and no gas tracking which would mean the laminae inside of the hoof capsule has died. But with it worsening today the next 48hrs are absolutely critical for her. Her debriding also has to increase to twice a day to try to prevent infection. They would like to take her to surgery and remove a lot of it but until her hooves are stable they cannot. She still is finishing all her hay and looking for more and in good spirits.

They have had cases where the separation has halted after spreading halfway forward in the hoof. I’m praying so hard she can beat this. I so badly wish I could trade places with her.

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UCD called. There are no hoof changes overnight. This is the best we could hope for on this. I just pray it continues to be unchanged and then starts to heal. Their last case that made it with the separation going halfway went downhill on day 5 and was improving on day 10.

Today starts her first day of two debridements a day for her face and legs. They’re trying to stay ahead of infection since she cannot go to surgery right now for full debridement. Her pain management will be bumped up and she’s sedated for each of these procedures. She had an episode last night where she stopped eating and was very uncomfortable until she passed some manure. So we have to be careful to not increase the pain meds to the point her GI tract slows down and causes a blockage. She’s been passing manure since and seems more comfortable. She also seems to be comfortable on her feet right now.

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No changes at this point in time to her hooves. They planned on doing two sessions of debridement on her face and legs today but once they got into it quite a bit was sloughing off and they ended up making it a big successful session. A lot of her leg and hip areas came off today and they were able to place tilapia skin on her face. Someone wonderfully donated this sleezy and she has two body suits coming tomorrow. Her face will rest for 48hrs with tilapia skin on it and provide her a bit of a break while they work on the rest of her body. She was a bit restless while I was there tonight and tried to lie down. They gave her a new mash and she settled down. She’s still got her sass and appetite and ate some nice horse cookies. I pray for a good phone call in the morning.

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Ava hat es leider nicht geschafft. Die Veränderungen in den Hufen durch die Verbrennungen waren einfach zu massiv

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We just said goodbye to Ava. When I visited this morning she was alert and eating but we were very worried about the significant change in the appearance of her front hooves overnight. You could feel the very apparent groove from her coffin bones sinking in her hooves. X rays several hours later confirmed significant sinking and there wasn’t much sole left with how fast it was progressing. Her entire vet team and I were in agreement that it was time to let her go. She ate fresh grass and cookies and drank her water till the very end.
I so thought she was going to make it. Why else would she be spared from the fire and have a spirit that could not be dampened no matter her circumstances. I’m so proud of who she was and the fight and try in her.
I love you big girl. Tell the others I love and miss them too.

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