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Date Posted: 05:19:33 03/29/03 Sat
Author: Cheri
Subject: Friday's inspiration...
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily inspirations and horse facts..." on 20:47:33 03/24/03 Mon




WONDERFULLY MADE

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Psalm 139:13-18 (NRSV)

For it was you who formed my inward parts;   you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.   Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
   when I was being made in secret,
      intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
      In your book were written all the days that were formed for me,   when none of them as yet existed.
How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!   How vast is the sum of them!
I try to count them--they are more than the sand;   I come to the end--I am still with you.

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O LORD, . . . I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

- Psalm 139:1, 14 (NRSV)

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I'VE read this passage many times before, but recently it took on a more personal meaning. During our weekly Bible study, I had a sudden revelation. Looking around the room I realized there are two kinds of people in this world: wrinkled and polished. I am wrinkled - wrinkled from head to toe. And I wasn't sure if I liked this about myself.

My friends are godly, intelligent, and wise women who have a sense of style and the confidence to display it. But no matter how I try to "fit" in, I do not have a consistent style. I'm not polished but wrinkled. I am short, my hair is coarse and curly, and I am somewhat overweight. Even if I starched my clothes, straightened my hair, and stood all day, I would still be wrinkled.

Feeling a little on the outside of my small circle of friends, I heard God say softly in my heart, "Queenie, I made you; I love you, and it pleases me that you are who you are. For every smooth person there is a wrinkled person; you can learn from one another."
When I spoke of my revelation to my buddies, I didn't have to tell them which one I am; they knew. Like God, they love me just the way I was wonderfully made.


Prayer: O God, in your sovereign wisdom you made us just the way we
are - and we please you by being ourselves. Teach us to love others and ourselves. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God proclaims each one of us "wonderfully made."

-- Queenie Bernard (Georgia, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: To affirm each one I meet as wonderful
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[> Friday's horse fact... -- Cheri, 05:37:44 03/29/03 Sat




CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH RISK NEWBORN FOALS
MATERNAL CONDITIONS:

Purulent vaginal discharge Fever
Hydrops allantois General anesthesia
Colic surgery Endotoxemia
Excessive medication History of previous abnormal foal
Premature lactation Poor nutritional status
Prolonged transport prior to foaling

CONDITIONS OF LABOR OR DELIVERY:

Premature parturition Abnormally long gestation
Prolonged labor Induction of labor
Dystocia Early umbilical cord rupture
C-section

NEONATAL CONDITIONS:

Meconium staining Placental abnormalities
Placentitis Twins
Orphan Inadequate colostral intake\
Immaturity/prematurity Exposure to infectious disease
Trauma

SPECIFIC DISEASES OF THE EQUINE NEONATE

It should be obvious to you that we can not possibly go every disease condition which constitutes an emergency in the time allotted to us. It is likely that the physical abnormalities associated with trauma constitute an emergency and need not be covered, except your initial management until the vet arrives.

Certainly there are going to be conditions which arise in which nothing can be done, except euthanasia. This is something veterinarians deal with on a day to day basis, and not something we take lightly. I will outline some conditions which I deem are not treatable medically or surgically, briefly, and then discuss some of the more common diseases seen.

Untreatable diseases:

Microphthalmia/Anophthalmia
Ventricular septal defect
Trilogy/Tetralogy/Pentalogy of Fallot (multiple cardiac defects)
Atresia coli*
Atresia ani*
Choanal atresia* Fractured spine
Fractured femur
Premature foal (less than 300 days into gestation)*

* Constitute diseases which may have a treatment
option, however, the prognosis going into treatment is grave.

Lacerations and long bone fractures can initially be managed with pressure wraps and support bandages until the vet arrives.


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