Day 32-36 - Vet

On Day 32 my friend Jaclyn and I went to the beach in the morning then spent the rest of the day together so just my dad went to the ranch since we where going to watch my moms first hula show this year at Louie's. So my dad worked on the fence around my cabin for awhile then When he was finished he hosed Disco in fly spray (permethrin) mostly on his legs and stomach where he was getting bit the most. We thought he was allergic to mosquitos cause he was getting lumps and wrinkles on his belly but we soon figured out that it wasn't the mosquitos he was allergic to... It was the spray.... The next day we went to the ranch early to check on Disco and his legs where so swollen he could hardly walk. He was also all burnt up with hair and skin falling off of him (mostly his legs). So we figured out that it was the permethrin and went over to see the bottle and read what was inside of it. On the tag there was a little booklet (like 5 pages) that said it was concentrated permethrin which is 100 times stronger than what you should use! The label didn't say it was concentrated and just said it was for livestock so guess we just assumed it was diluted and ready to go. It was so bad that we had to take him to the vet, so we loaded Texas, Lucky, and Disco into the trailer and where on our way. When we got there the vet was at lunch so we had to wait like a hour before someone could help us. When someone came we put him into a chute, they gave him a shot and put some medicine mixture on his legs which later the vet told them to take off because it was making his legs hot. Then the put him on IV for about 2 hours and got a different special shampoo to put on his legs. He couldn't walk great so he wasn't drinking and was really dehydrated and had lots of wrinkles on him. So when they where finished we loaded him up, took him home, and put water in a lot of different places for him around his pasture. The next day we went to the ranch and he still wasn't doing any better so we took him up front and gave him  bath and rubbed some of the shampoo that the vet gave us on his legs. We had to load him in the trailer to get him up to the front cause he was having a really hard time walking but he could hardly get out of the trailer once he was in. When we loaded him up and took him back to his corral but he wouldn't get out of the trailer cause I bet it was really hard for him. So we just let him take his time and after about a hour he hopped out and we went over and put him in his corral. He really needed something so we called one of our friends named Lyn and he brought Disco Benadryl, Bute, and a shot of Dex. Disco was fine and pretty much just stood there while we gave him the medicine. The next day when we got there he was doing ALOT better. We thought that we would be having to take him to a vet in Austin that day but he was doing so much better. The swelling had gone down a bunch and the wrinkles weren't nearly as bad as they where. We put more medicine on him and gave him some more Bute and the next day he was doing even better my dad said that he was frisky and looking a whole lot better. Yesterday I backed him and did some leading up to the front and we gave him a long bubble bath. The swelling is doing a lot better and we will probably be able to start work again Monday! We also gave him some watermelon and he LOVED it! We got him a lot of new treats and stuff for him. :D