Equine and Livestock Immune System Modulators

Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia

Pictures: March 2003 or August-2003

What Is Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia ? / Symptoms etc.

Why do these products work on on Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia when drugs don't?

January 30, 2002 Good results today.
Hematocrit was up from >>32.5 to 33.1.
RBC was up from 7.02 to 7.04.
Hemoglobin was up from 11.7 >>to 11.8.
Everything was slightly increased after only 6 days of TF Animal Stress Pack™.

It's good to know that the TF Animal Stress Pack™ works to increase these levels, instead of steroids. It appears that the two weeks of Stress Pack will hold her within normal limits about 6-8 weeks.

Our last steroid injection was 11/28/2002, which is about 9 weeks ago.

I am excited that I can get effectively the same results from this as MethlyPrednisolone. Although it IS more expensive than the $25 steroid injection, I'm glad that we are able to approach this with a natural substance other that a manufactured, artificial one. After all, it is so much better for her in the long run.

On the subject of the foot, things are improving remarkably everyday. She is walking normal. NO MORE BUTE.

Feburary 11, 2002

Savvy's HCT was increased to 34.4, up from 32.5
The TF Animal Stress Pack™ is doing its job, once again!

Hg and RBC were slightly increased, as well. She has not had any Bute in over 2 weeks, and it shows a little. She is lame and legs fill up over night while standing, so I have been keeping standing wraps on her while in the stall. The swelling goes down when she's turned out so I'm not too concerned.

Feburary 12, 2002

Savvy has not been on Bute for almost 3 weeks.
As far as I'm concerned that means I've discontinued it.
The right front hoof is quite sound, growing good horn, nice and solid,etc.

Quite amazing how well it has recovered. As far as her mobility, she is quite mobile. More than the average foundered horse. She plays with her pasture mates, which is quite a welcome sight after the depression the anemia caused. As far as the lameness I mentioned earlier, she walks with a wide spread of front feet, typical of foundered horses, but, holds her head higher that when all this first started. I have seen her trot around a little. There is no real head-bobbing, so again, I feel this is encouraging. In two days, Feburary 14, 2003 Savvy has been on The TF Animal Stress Pack™ 2 weeks.

May 7, 2002

Did Hemogram yesterday and things are holding steady.
No TF Animal Stress Pack™ since 4/23/02
Hct was 34.7,
HGB was 11.5
RBC just under normal (barely) at 6.99.
I am VERY encouraged. Savvy's doing quite well.
Last CBC was a week ago Wednesday. All within normal ranges.

Hoof is almost all the way grown out, there's just a little seedy stuff around the end of the toe. Farrier believes she will have a complete recovery. I'm keeping my fingers crossed about ever jumping again, though. If I can at least trail ride I will be happy.

We've been steroid free since 2/20/02

I have administerd 3 TF Animal Stress Pack™ since then.
She looks pretty much back to normal, including her personality.

June13, 2002

I ran a hemogram a week ago and levels had come up to the following: HCT 34.7,
RBC 7.29
Hg 11.8.
That was exactly one week after 7 days of TF Animal Stress Pack™

I am very happy.
Gum color was nice and rosy and she did not appear to be tired or uncomfortable. Her appetite is always good.

I always keep a few stress packs readily available at the stable if she noticed her being less that bright, alert, and responsive, and if gum color looked pale or icteric.

* Side note, the yearling filly that Savvy goes out with developed some sort of respiratory virus a few weeks ago. I was concerned that Savvy's immune system could not handle it.
She developed a little bit of a runny nose, nothing yellow or smelly, and has no symptoms of any kind now.

The "crestiness" of her neck has almost gone away.

The foot situation is coming along well, also. The resection has grown out completely and she walking and turning very well.
No heat in the foot, but still a slight digital pulse.

Quick Time Line*** June18, 2002 ***

2/20/02 Last Depo Injection

4/9/02 TF Animal Stress Pack™for 14 days, ending 4/22 -gave an extra week due to change of residence

5/24 for TF Animal Stress Pack™ 7 days

6/4 Blood work holding

6/17 CBC levels increased! (with levels increased and doing nothing, that blows my Stress Pack every 30 days theory!)
CBC yesterday: HG 12.6, HCT 36.7, WBC 7.0, RBC 7.85
Additionally I have notice a steady decrease in MCV and MCH. They are very consistent at 47 and 16.1, respectively and have been since 3/22/02.

I am so excited I can hardly see straight! I think it's safe to actually say that WE are beating this.

I think we can start treating her like a "normal" horse again!!
The foot situation is almost not a problem anymore, too, so it is my hope that I can start riding her lightly.

September 10, 2002

Things couldn't be better with Savvy.
I got my local vet to admit that I have cured the Hemolytic Anemia.

I have only done 2 CBC's in the the last 3 months

We've had some secondary problems with "White line disease" in that right front. That crack in the foot that was in the picture I sent you split and her hoof actually split in two. The hoof was resceted (again), this time only the horn and no soft tissue, and patched with Equilox.

She's getting around quite comfortably and as the weather cools off, is enjoying being turned out 24-7. The farm owner has told me, more than once, that she is really kicking up her heels on these cool mornings. It does my heart good to know that she is feeling pretty much back to normal. I honestly never dreamed that that would happen. My farrier seems to think I will definitely be riding her in 4-6 months. He is pretty upbeat about the possibility of her being able to jump again, too.

She is still getting the TF Performance & Show™ twice daily in the recommended dose and I gave her Stress Pack for 3 days before her vaccine and 4 days after.

December 7 will be the two year anniversary of our dealing with Hemolytic Anemia. Although, as I think back to the fall of 2000, I remember her just not feeling right when I rode her around the end of November. She had started losing weight in September. She was anemic then, I'm sure, and since Hemolytic Anemia doesn't really happen overnight, I'm sure she was sick long before the symptoms became acute.

So, it really has been a 2 year ordeal.

I guess we can close the book on that terrible experience now and move forward.

January 8, 2003

Savvy and I are back riding 5-6 days a week. Although jumping was limited to one day a week. She has really thrived since then.

In July of 2002, my vet determined she was cured of Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia.

I did run a CBC on 2/10/03 and everything was within normal range.
She was quick to regain her stamina and wind.

The right front hoof still had an open groove where it was drilled out due to White Line disease and there were 3 metal staples across the groove to stabilize it from each side moving independently. She was still wearing a special "4 point rail shoe" to assist in moving the break over back off the toe. However, she was very comfortable, was not getting any lameness from the return to work, and was not on any bute.

Her whole existence brightened up the day we schooled a whole jump course! She was back to normal and loving EVERY second of it. Things were going great.

March 29,2003

She has been steroid free since 2/2002, over one year!

The right front was growing out well and I decided it would be a good idea to have an updated radiograph of it. It had been since July 2002 that we looked at it and I was curious to see if there were any changes going on and what really was the status of that scar/crack.

My vet did an X-ray on 3/27/03. He called with the results the next day and was astonished. The scar/crack was on the surface only and said that there was no indication of any signs of laminitis whatsoever!

It looked better than anyone could have imagined, and there were absolutely NO changes at all!

Our plans for the Spring and Summer are to do a lot of trail riding and cross country type conditioning. We've got to get fit for opening meet in October! We'll do some local hunter shows, too, just to keep her sharp. She really does love the show ring and I don't want to deprive her of what she loves to do. It sure is nice to have my horse back!!! I had hoped to, at the very least, have a pasture ornament. So every day is a true gift. It just goes to show you that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.........