Pie

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Before 
A collaboration between the Hooved Animal Humane Society, South Suburban Humane Society and the Department of Agriculture helped ensure the best care for a horse with the highly contagious respiratory disease ‘strangles.'  The black and white pinto gelding (named "Pie" after the horse in the book National Velvet), was brought to HAHS on September 24 after an investigation by South Suburban Humane Society and an impoundment by the Department of Agriculture.  HAHS immediately accepted the horse, knowing they had the knowledge, experience and facilities to care for the horse. 


After  
The gelding's long road to recovery was troubled with countless ups and downs. He was immediately placed in quarantine after his arrival at the HAHS farm, and every day his abscesses were hotpacked and lanced to drain. Long hours were spent hand walking him, and medications were carefully administered to control his fever that reached 104.6 degrees.  Just as he appeared to be getting better, he was struck with a major complication of strangles called purpura hemorrhagica. This immune problem causes extreme swelling throughout the body, and now his legs--which had reached double their normal size--were cold hosed, poulticed and wrapped to keep the swelling down as much as possible.  After a month of care his temperature and swelling have gone down, and he appears to be on his way to recovery