Paynter back in clinic; Colitis diagnosed..

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Danzig

like chuck said on page two of this thread, things can get better and then almost immediately get worse. when news is good, i try to temper my optimism with knowing it might just be a brief up on the roller coaster ride. and on the downs-hope that it's temporary!
poor paynter.

Yeah as long as I kept hearing he still had diarrhea, I wasn't getting my hopes up that the upswing was going to continue. Baffert had tweeted a couple times a day earlier how amazed he was with Paynter's fight.

[Danzig]

http://www.drf.com/news/saratoga-pay...-complications

that's the latest update i've seen, and it's not good.
paynter has developed an infection at the site where they inserted a catheter; he also has some blood clots.


some comments from zayat, from brisnet:

Zayat updated Paynter's fans once again via his Twitter page, beginning his series of posts at approximately 6 p.m. (EDT):

"Paynter continues to fight bravely his colitis. Today has been a tough day.

"He is giving us mixed signals. While his appetite has improved and his temperature is normal. His blood work has been good. Today we had to deal with new issues that arose at the first time.

"He has developed an infection where the catheter is placed, and his angel Laura (Dr. Javsicas) was having a hard time finding an unswollen vein to insert it.

"It is important because this is where he gets his nutrients (and) medications.

"Other problem for the first time. He has developed some clotting in his blood veins as a result of low protein. We have been treating him with plasma.

"It has been an emotional tough day for Laura and myself as we are not dealing with issues that apply to comfort and pain. We need to be very careful of how to deal with those serious issues.

"I personally have ZERO tolerance for the word suffering. It is important that we give our warrior a chance to fight and battle his illness but also keeping our eye on our goal, which is to get him healthy and happy but not at any cost.

[smartbid09]

I am praying for this magnificent racehorses full recovery. What an awful thing to have! And my thoughts and prayers go out to his connections.

I didn't go on twitter but I'm going to predict what the tweets are like today...

*PAYNTER*@jazz31621h@JustinZayat*Reports of my demise? Neigh. I'm just ducking Alpha.

*PAYNTER*@jazz31621h@JustinZayat*Saw the strangest thing this morning...A woman was being carried on a litter.

*PAYNTER*@jazz31621h@JustinZayat*Turns out it was Jill #smdh

[Merlinsky]

Doesn't sound good. Laminitis has set in. 3 of 4 legs.

A.ZAYAT‏@jazz3162: @JustinZayat Paynter update: Paynter situation continues to get worse. He had a bad night and not such a good morning. I have spent...significant time speaking to his angel Dr. Laura as well as Dr. Mark Cheney and other renowned vets all over the country..Unfortunately we have a very sick horse. who has developed serious complications in the last 24 hours. Other than fighting ...bravely his colitis, he continues to have Diarrhea as well as his protein blood level is very low. we continue to give him ...plasma to help him out. His blood work continues to be good as well as his temp so on a stand alone basis he is fighting ...bravely and hard the colitis and we he continues to make some progress fighting that disease on the other hand as I have ...explained in my tweets yesterday that he is developing a new issue about his veins being swollen. a disease that is called ...DIC which stands for disseminated intravascular coagulopathy the most concerning news is as of last night he started becoming...sore on his left foot and was scared to turn around and walk on it.. unfortunately we only thought it was some swelling and a ...eczema but it has worsened because today he has been diagnosed with our nightmare scenario of laminitis it seems it is rapidly...progressing after taking additoinal xrays of the foot and discussing with some foot experts. Dr. Laura have found out that he ...has developed it in 3 of his 4 legs, which is heartbreaking. Poor Paynter, i dont know how long he can fight this out so bravely...without having pain and suffering. so far laura is very conscious of that and having his pain under control. But we need to look ...at all these problems. My deep concern is that he if he is a healthy horse he can fight laminitis since it is the beginning ...but to be a sick horse and fight all these issues all at once, it is asking for too much. We need to be compassionate and ...merciful and treat our star with the respect and love that he deserves while giving him the best chance in fighting for his life ...please pray. those are very detailed tweets. as i am at loss in whats the right thing to do here but i will leave it up to his ...caring and loving vet to decide what are the right courses of action. please pray for pain free paynter.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Doesn't sound good. Laminitis has set in. 3 of 4 legs.

this illness has such low rates of survival. it seems it's been one thing after another. i really hate to say it, but i don't expect a happy ending for this one. just too many complications.

saw in one article where they discussed the blood clotting problems, and that it can impede blood flow to organs. i'm assuming it also would impede flow to the laminae in his hooves, thus resulting in this latest setback.

[LARHAGE]

Personally if the decision were mine I would euthanize Paynter today, I went through Laminitis with a show mare, on her front feet, and it was hell, she wasn't sick like Paynter is and she too was a fighter, the disease is excrutiatingly painful and it was hard for me to see her in such pain, I only kept her alive because she in spite of it was very alert and was a great patient, she almost seemed to know we were helping her and she was great to handle and medicate , after 10 days in the hospital she pulled through enough to go home, and is still with me, though she will never be sound enough to ride again, or breed, but her face looking out her stall every morning makes me happy and grateful she's still here, if she had it in 3 legs, there is no way on earth I would put her through the pain and anguish just to prolong her suffering. It's an extremely quick moving disease that progresses at an alarming pace, it's the worst thing a horse can have.