Paynter back in clinic; Colitis diagnosed..

[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.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by 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.

i think zayat has already come to grips with that being what will happen, and is waiting on the vet to say ok, it's time. i think it is just a matter of time at this point. it's just too many things gone wrong with that horse to think he can survive it all. it's a shame.
and yeah, if it were me, it would have been done as soon as the laminitis was discovered. on top of the other issues, there comes a time when you just have to say enough.
and from what i've read, there's only about a 10% survival rate for colitis. maybe up to 25% if caught very early, and treated aggressively.

[Riot]

The DIC is very bad news, worse than (and probably causal of) the laminitis. Very sad news. Doesn't look good.