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Monday, March 7, 2022

WARNING!!! Graph Images Ahead Proceed At Your Own Risk

This is the after picture of a cow that had a vaginal and rectal prolapse.  One of the worst I have had to deal with.  You still have time to quit scrolling. 
I was feeding Baby S lunch (she had spent the night with us and was a little angel in church) when J came to the back door and said, "we have a problem."  I took Baby S back to her house and stopped by the clinic for a few supplies.  Then I headed to the barn where J was getting the cow up.  This is your last chance to turn back.  
This is what I was presented with.  The top swelling is the rectal prolapse and the bottom the vaginal.  The bladder was prolapsed into the vaginal one adding to the swelling.  I was able to lift it up to empty the bladder so there wasn't as much to push back in.  Oh, and she had a good epidural so there was no straining back against me.  Once that was in, I went to work on the rectal prolapse.  This one proved more challenging but I finally got it in too. 
A couple of purse string sutures later, everything looked better.  But after an hour of massaging and pushing, my arms were like jelly.  I had to come back to the house for a little rest.  It made me think of the Toby Keith song, "I ain't as good as I once was but I'm as good once as I ever was."  Glad I didn't have to go out on another call. 
 

3 comments:

  1. Wow - you earned your pay :) Grateful J. Grateful cow.

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  2. Those are massive! Good work getting them back in. Does that mean she is going to be a cull cow now? As in, once they have prolapsed they are likely to do it again?

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  3. you earned your groceries on that one! Good grief! too bad about the prolapse, I presume like Shirley said this one will be a cull?

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