Mirrindel Trouble's J'adore

Apoco-D Double Trouble x Mirrindel White Lady

This is Mia, our special little 7 week premi baby. As there was some confusion as to which date her dam had conceived we didn’t realize how early Mia was. She had a text book delivery and everything seemed normal until she was on the ground. She was tiny compared to her mother and seemed to barely have any cover of hair this rang alarm bells already but it wasn’t until we realized she couldn’t stand at all that we knew we were in for big trouble. We were in for a huge bill if we sent her to the vet hospital but what could we do when we looked at that face?? Off to Werribee vet clinic for a sleepless night with Mia on Dani's lap wrapped up in blankets and towels. After the vets assessment of her it didn’t look hopeful. With a glim look on their faces they warned us that she probably had less than 30% chance of survival. It was hard to take at the time as we had already bonded with her. Something within us couldn’t let go so we decided to pursue with treatment. Everyday her character developed further and we found we just couldn’t give up on her, despite the escalating bill. She spent her first few days in her own tiny pen on a mattress inside her mums stable with her mum on the outside looking in. She had to have a hot air bag surrounding her to keep her warm. As her lungs were not fully formed to distribute enough oxygen around her body she had to go on oxygen and a drip. Disputed the constant poor prognosis from the vets we couldn’t give up the fight even though every day was costing another arm and leg. Kay Burke was kind enough to make her a special tiny rug to help keep her warm once she finally gained strength to stand and move around. Although now there was another spanner in the works as the bones in her legs were not fully formed with the constant weight barring on them it could deform her unformed bones which made it necessary for her to be confined to a tiny space and for her legs to be splinted`. She spent a fortnight in Werribee Vet clinic and slowly started to make progress enough so that we could actually take her home. We converted one of our stables into a horse humidi crib with two infrared heaters and an internal roof to stop the drafts. As we had to keep confined Dani bought a portacot for Mia to go in so that she could go outside and also to allow her mum to graze on some nice lawn, instead of continuously being confined to a stable. After weeks of lifting Mia in and out of her portacot to drink from her mum Mia finally gained enough strength to spend the days with her mum and now you wouldn’t even know she had such a rough start. Mia even attended the IMHR National show in Tamworth and achieved top 3 in the weanling small horse filly class. Such a feat for filly that started out with a 30% chance of survival.

Huge thanks to the team at Werribee as it is due to their expertise and determination and dedication that she is now thriving.