Just 7 days old & already this beautiful filly has captured my heart. Tonight she has a swollen knee & is lame. Poor baby. Just when she's getting friendly I have to betray her trust with thermometer & checking out that knee. The good thing is there's no heat in the knee & she doesn't have a temp. Hopefully she's just banged the knee hard & isn't going to start showing signs of a joint problem. Her vulva is almost normal with just a smidgen of swelling. She's such a darling. Mommy is holding with no temp. Yahoo! She still has a nasty discharge but there's no odor so I'm almost guardedly optimistic (knocking on wood). Her appetite is great & she's eating everything in front of her. Can't let nursing her filly cause her weight to lose ground. She's a wonderful mother & seems to know that her baby is a miracle.
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