Friday, November 12, 2010

Panda Goes To The Hospital


On Veteren's Day we took Panda to San Luis Rey Equine hospital where she had ultrasound, then radioactive dye injected in her right front hoof to see the rare infection of the collatoral cartilage, known as Quittor. Dr. Cannon will be doing surgery on her to remove the infected cartilage pieces. Donations greatly appreciated for this surgery to help get Panda out of pain.

Panda had an abcess and drainage from her coronary band that did not go away after two months with soaking, vet care and antibiotics. Quittor is very rare.

Here is a good article on Quittor with a picture. It can come from a poke in the coronary band or a simple abcess, which is what the old owners said she had. http://www.cheshire-equinevets.com/?section=Quittor

Her prognosis is good to get her out of pain. People can donate straight to San Luis Rey Equine if they like. Say its for Panda of FalconRidge. http://www.slreh.com/contact.html, or you can donate to FalconRidge at http://www.nickibranch.com/falconridge/help.html

This surgery was unexpected, but we did not feel Panda was ready to be put down! Dr. Cannon has given us a very good discount, bless his heart, and said it should be less than $2,000. Every dollar helps!

Thank you for helping us help Panda!

Love,
Nicki