ARGOS HILL ARABIANS
Proudly announce the arrival of
Our Latest Arrival
Our
New Colt Foal
Sired
by International Champion Psyche's Spirit out of twice Australian
National Champion Windella Silver Sensation
This
gorgeous colt was born effectively three weeks premature.
Within one hour of his birth he had slipped into a coma
and that traumatic night neither our vet or ourselves thought
he would make it through. After being dripped and with continuous
care, he showed us he had inherited all of his father's
tenacity and energy for life, and proved us wrong.Still
too weak to get up, however, we put him on an air bed and
turned him every hour, both day and night.
Unable
to regulate his body temperature, he was wrapped in blankets
with hot water bottles and was under infra-red heat lamps.
He was carried to his mother's milk where with assistance
in standing he was able to suck. Throughout all of this
interfering his beautiful mother was patient, kind and serene.
Somehow knowing that he needed our help, she stood over
us nuzzling our hair. It was so touching. Her sweet nature
is extraordinary.After an exhausting week of this intensive
care, things started to look better and the day he stood
on his own was quite overwhelming: once he had the legs
mastered he delighted both himself and us by bucking around
the stable and jumping back onto his bed! However further
complications then set in and the next week was spent at
Rossdales in Newmarket, where they also fell in love with
our precious boy.
He has now made it through and is getting stronger every
day. Thank God for our lucky stars!!
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