Vet is coming out tomorrow to draw blood and collect stool samples for re-testing. He is also going to have a Prednisone or Dex therapy plan. I gave her 20 mgs of Pred last night and again today at 1pm.
She is doing ok. Not grazing at all though. Will only eat Alfalfa. Does not want BOSS. She prefers to just lay in the sun but she looks bright eyed and content.
Vet will also look at Mama-D's lameness. But she is pretty much walking on it normal now. I think she just strained it chasing after the super crazy baby Gray-C.

Look how little she is... :( she used to be bigger than Flossie and just a bit smaller than Frankie (the tank o.m.g.)

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Minelson, is your hubby home yet? I am so anxious for you to have some kind, human support for yourself to lean on. thinking of you often!

No :( He was supposed to be home yesterday but is stuck in Africa because of some hurricane!
So far it's looking like Thurs before he will get home.

Ok, Id look skinny next to those two. She really doesnt look that bad, if you look back to the Nubian I pulled with the Saanens a few months back now that was way too thin. She looks about like most of mine.

I did go to work this morning for 4 hours. It felt tense though. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.

This was one of the first threads I read when I tried to decide whether I wanted to be active on this forum. Wanted to tell you I'm keeping you and little Gretta in my thoughts! Such a terrible thing to have to happen to her!

If you could put your hands on her you would be shocked. She is all bone and hair. Feeling her reminds me of how my Shep felt when I put my hands on him when he was almost 18. Actually she is worse than that. And she is eating. Frankie and Flossie are disgustingly proof of that. But Gretta eats more when she eats in a group. I am trying to get as much protein in her as possible. She is loosing protein and she is anemic and the best way to fix that is with rich, heavenly alfalfa. Which I found. I am feeding her seperately too. but in order to keep the alf in front of her others are getting it too and it is causing problems. That is another one of the big reasons I moved the babies. Pony is an alf vacuum.

Minelson, I don't have any advice, I haven't been saying much, but I've been following this thread and thinking of you and Gretta.

Hey Minelson..I wonder if the sprouts would help Greta? On one of the websites I was on they touted them for their "healing" properties.

I just wanted to let you know my whole family has been following yours and Gretta's struggles. We cried too when the tests results came back and we are so glad you are going to have her retested. You and all your animals are in our thoughts. ( luv the names mama-d and grey-c)

please remember to take care of yourself. Eat more kale, maybe Gretta would like some too.

David just called...He is in Atlanta!!!! :dance: He caught a flight out of Africa direct to Atlanta on a different airline ($2000.00 :shocked:)
He should be home around 2pm!!:happy::happy::happy:

Oh now that is WONDERFUL news!!!!!! I am so glad he will be home soon.

Yayyy! I'd like to personally apologize that our east coast hurricane kept him from you for so long. :D

Vet just left with blood and poop samples to send in. We have started Gretta on 20mgs of Prednisone twice a day. Also the thiamine (which I have on order) I will use the Fortified B Complex until it comes in. She is looking MUCH better today.
So now all we can do is wait and keep Gretta feeling as good as possible. She is not a candidate to be put down at all at this time. :) Hubby should be home soon :) I'm feeling much better about the whole situation. And I am thanking God that goats don't get runny poops with Jones. Thanks everyone. You all got me through a horrible time. I don't know what I would do without you all..

Awesome, keep us posted!

That's wonderful news!!!

So good to hear that she is doing better!

This MADE MY DAY!!!!:clap::clap::clap:

I hope you and David sleep very very well tonight, together. Smiling to have you a bit more smiley yourself.

Hi ! I feel your pain, I had a similar situation when I got my routine test results back. I created a blog with the information I found- maybe you can find this helpful. I hope so!

My Johne's Project

Maybe some help?
 

Hi, I feel for you, .. I recently had a similar situation. I found the info a little overwhelming.. so I condensed it to help other people out on this. here is a link to my blog- feel free to share!

My Johne's Project