Small Successes

54/20
Still giving Lasix at 6 cc, IV, 2x a day

So, I have finally had some success with the CoQ10 supplement. ENTENMANNS!

Yup, Entenmanns had these apple cinnamon bars on sale, so I figured I would give then a try. They are soft cookie like bars with a sticky apple-cinnamony goo in the middle. When cut in half they make a little, sticky pocket! PERFECT for jamming 2-3 pills into! So far, this is WORKING!! Parlay is eating them (not with much gusto, but whatever! He is EATING them!)

Par also ate 80% of his dinner tonight! Woo HOO! He is seriously looking like a rescue horse at this point, so I am letting him eat anything he will--which happens to be the Purina's Strategy Ovals--No accounting for taste, I guess!

It seems as if Par seems pretty comfortable tonight. The humidity let up a bit and the cooler air appears to be agreeing with him. He certainly has his ups and downs. Going out to the paddock these days is always a bit nerve wracking. I feel like I never know what I am going to find. I will say, however, that over the past couple of days I feel like I am relaxing a bit more about it.

Yesterday morning he had that anxious look about him-- the wild eye, the jerky body movements... He also had a bit of a cough which always makes me nervous too. I gave the Lasix and hoped that it would quickly help him to breathe and relax. It is pretty disconcerting and eerie to see his heart beating in his chest and in his neck. A "jugular pulse," is the term for that pulsation in the neck. Parlay has always had a bit of a pulse there, but now it is quite visibly strong and that is a bit scary.

The coughing and the bloody noses keep me alert, to be sure--Par seems unfazed by it all, but to me it is upsetting. I keep hoping and praying that we can all settle into a bit more of a "normal," life, but the curve balls keep on coming!!

Anyway, I am pleased about the CoQ10 and hopeful that the program that we are following will keep Parlay as comfortable as he can be for as long as he can.

Headed off for prayer and bed.