>  BTW...she's a little better...still ouchy without her pads.
 > Vet is coming again today to take another look.  She's still
 > on low-dose bute, but we might switch her to aspirin.  Also,
 > going to re-do the T-3 thyroid...it was in the low normal
 > range last time.  She is on nothing but grass hay and still
 > isn't losing any weight.  Starting to think she might be
 > hypotyroid or something.  Talk about grasping at straws!
 
Hi, Meg --
 
Just got my PRACTICAL HORSEMAN in the mail today.  Kip Goldreyer's 
"The Thinking Horseman" column has a scary account of how her horse 
coliced (not too bad, thank goodness) -- as far as Kip can tell, it was the 
bute they were giving him for his hock problem.  Signs were very vague at 
first, the kind where you know your horse is "off" but have nothing really 
substantial to show to the vet.  (I know, you didn't need anything more to 
worry about, but I sort of feel compelled to mention it...)
 
Good luck with her, and with figuring out the thyroid problem, or whatever it 
is.
 
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