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