With luck and fairness the subject of this blog will change and it will focus on the success of our horses and riders, but for now it is to follow our unfortunate journey with Ohio State University Veterinary Hospital. On August 10 our gelding, Artini On The Rocks, died following a successful colic surgery when the morphine pump he was on malfunctioned and overdosed him.
OSU has admitted fault both verbally and in writing, yet still has sent me a bill that includes the morphine that killed him and have not offered to compensate me for the loss.
As horse owners we know all the things we must always be concerned about--diseases, legs, joints, feet, the ability for their intestines to turn on them at any moment, the dangers of surgery and the complications of recovery, the list is endless. But I believe that the responsibiity for faulty medical equipment and the professionals that run them should lie in their hands and not ours. We can never predict the outcome of any surgery but surely we should not have to add either incompetant equipment or major human error to our list of owner worries.
This is my attempt to not only document whatever the outcome will be, but to also seek advise, concern, or other owners' journeys and experiences.
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