A simple 18 day pregnacy check

That's what I thought I was having the vet out for. Trainer Mike's mare has been here for the last two months. He sent her to me to utilize my vet to get her bred. At 18 days, an ultrasound can be done to check for a pregnancy. I scheduled to have him out, and his plan was to get here sometime this afternoon. That plan got pushed back a couple times and he finally arrived at about 9pm. In the end, it was a good thing he was that late. His simple ultrasound stop changed before he ever got to our place.

First, hubby called me on the 2-way radio to say I needed to give Penny's eye a check when I was outside. A quick check revealed potential pinkeye. Then Suzanna's newest heifer, Rhianna, was limping across the pasture. Observation there was that she had cut the back of her foot right at the hoof line. Two more things for Dr. C to look at when he got here.

We started with Libby and as I held her for the check, Dr. C did a fist pump into the air. An 18 day pregnancy on the right horn of her uterus. He predicts a filly. We will know in 11 months.

Next up, Fancy. This is the heifer who doesn't want to be caught. After several attempts to trap her in a corner and get a rope around her neck, we finally used Sami as bait to get Penny across the driveway and into the barn where we got her caught. Confirmation was made that it was pinkeye and it was treated.

On to Rhianna, who dinged her foot in a bad spot. He said it would be hard to get to heal up nicely, because of its location. It was going to keep getting dirt in it and might not look very nice when it came time to show her. So we rinsed it out really good and between daddy, the vet and Suzanna, got it wrapped with some vetwrap to keep the dirt out of it. She will get penicillin for four more days and we will be changing her bandage for a few days until the cut heals up.

Mission accomplished all around. As the vet backed his truck out of the yard, one brake was sticking and as he pulled forward and backed up a second time, his brake pad fell out from under his truck and it was leaking fluid. He got some brake fluid from my husband and headed down the road, planning his route with the fewest stops possible. And that is how a simple 18 day pregnancy check went.