Case Studies using Natural therapies for Animals.

Case Presented same day Emergency surgery with Acute Colic (17th of May, 1999)

A 10 year old Appaloosa HORSE was admitted for emergency
surgery at the Equine Hospital at Murdoch University
(Veterinary School of WA) with Acute Colic symptoms.

Day 1. - Karen was alerted by one of her other horse, and she new something was wrong. Lincoln was nowhere to be seen. Karen quickly ran down the back of the paddock to find Lincoln rolling around in severe pain, thrashing his legs, unable to stand up. She tried to console him, then immediately ran back to the house to phone the closet Vet. An hour later Karen and a Vet assisted her and her horse into a float, for a 10 minute drive to Mudoch University Hospital for Immediate surgery.
Patiently waiting at the Hospital, Karen finally got word a few hours later on Lincoln's condition. The head veterinarian surgeon reported to Karen that they had found a heap of growths possibly malignant tumors twisted all along Lincoln's intestinal tract, causing severe blockage and intestinal damage. The surgeons had no choice but to remove approx.11 metres of lincoln's intestinal tract.
With this type of operation, the Vets told Karen there is only a 30% change of survival/recovery. Although that evening the horse woke up quite bright from the anesthesia.

Day 2. - Lincoln appeared to be in a lot of pain the following day, Vets had no choice but to take him back into surgery. More tumors found, had been missed, removal of tumors along with sand sitting at the bottom of his gut.

Day 3 - The horse was still in pain. Buy this stage I was phoned by the Vet Student and informed of this horses condition. Went back into surgery for the third time. A couple of large haematoma’s where found, which had formed due to severe trauma from previous days operations, the haematoma's were surgically removed. The Vet student came and got some flower essences from me, to assist in emotional shock/stress and trauma.

Day 4 - Four (4) days, and was still in surgical shock, now causing ‘ ileus ‘, also known as a paralytic function, which is a normally a major problem in the recovery period for horses after just one surgical procedure for Colic. A large tube was inserted via nostril to stomach to regularly pump fluids out.
On fluids and Pain killers 24 hours a day. Hoping he will survive.

Day 10 - Horse was still unable to eat or drink, and pain killers were administered continually through I.V. drip, every two hours his stomach was pumped, from the build up of bodily fluids in his stomach. The horse was fading away, losing much tissue/body fat quite quickly.
I was called out again to assist, for the physical trauma present – ‘ileus’, I decided to make a visit to this horse myself and administer some homeopathic medicines.

Day 11 - The Vets gave a non verbal agreement for me to be there, stayed away that morning so I could do my thing. At 9.00 am, I gave this horse Aconite 1M every half hour for shock, 2 doses only, then proceeded with Veratrum Alb 30C - ( I would of preferred 200C, was not available at the time) because of the low potency for a acute situation I decided to give some drops on top of head every 10 min for 3 doses, (horse was going ballistic every time I went close to his mouth, was so distress from this rather large tube that had been inserted in his nasal passage ) After applying Veratrum, I notice after 10 to 15 minutes the horse started twitching, which was a good sign, I then felt comfortable to leave for another appointment.
I received a phone call from the Uni. Later that day (5pm that evening), telling me his intestinal tract had started to (flush) move again for the first time (in 11 days.) Still very sluggish and damaged weaken intestine, they keeped a catheter in him, so they injected a chemical stimulant every day to keep the movement going, two days later, (due to the high dose of pain killers and Penicillin the horse was on) he started to weaken showing negative side affects of the drugs, causing gut irritations along with blood vessels damage.

13th Day - They took the tube out thinking he didn't need it any more, and then over the weekend decided to put it back in and flush some fluid out of his stomach again, but didn't get much fluid at all!

14th Day - The following day they decided to take the tube out the next morning, as no longer needed.
Due the weaken blood vessels, the Horse’s nose started to bleed profusely, it bleed non stop for 5 hours, it just didn't stop, he was weakening at the knees and thought about suggesting euthanasia, one of the Vets decided to plug his nose with some material, luckily things settle down. Emergency blood transfusions that morning and again in the evening.

17th Day - Four days had passed and the vets had been injecting Vitamin B’s, folic acid and Iron.
But not much improvement had been seen over a this period, blood test taken daily were showing platelets still very low 86, 88. Had to leave his nose plugged with the material! And was now concerned about infection. Was still on a drip, off and on. Large support bandage/wrap around was changed and incision cleaned, every four hours, with an application of prednisone ointment.

18th Day - I was called out again after the weekend and I couldn't hold the tears back when I saw him, he was a mess. Barely standing up and swaying as though he was ready to collapse any minute, breathing was labored. he was extremely weak and very anemic looking. It was a sad sight, although I felt his spirits still stay strong and not giving up.
That day I was able to give the herbal antibiotics, initially at high doses every 2 hours to give him a boost and clear infections and gut discomforts along with associated fever he was experiencing.
Homeopathic remedies administered regularly at 6C potency combined for oedema and anemia and strength(flower essences)

19th Day - The Vet fourth year Vet student did a little research at night and next day brought to the attention of what side affects the chemical penicillin they are using is causing, and they one of the Vets agreed that they needed to stop the Penicillin, I don't know what drug they were using. (If anyone is interested to know, contact me)
The horse’s eyes closed over, and swollen, he was losing fur and oedema was appearing in legs and stomach, lots of fluid dripping from surgical wound along stomach.
Although his spirits were strong and willing, the owner wanted to know what his wishes were, so I keeped telepathically communicating with him and making sure we are doing the right thing. He assured me he was not going anywhere.

20th Day - Lincoln’s fur was falling out in clumps and skin was turning white were they were applying the ointment, I read the ingredients of the ointment (prednisone /cortisone) they were using on the many abrasions and surgical incision, so I made some Vitamin E base cream with Calendula and Hypericum and brought some into the hospital, including in liquid form in a sprayer bottle for underneath the belly's incisions. Left it with Vet student and owner.
The Vets finally agreed to stop using the ointment with prednisone, and use a natural healing cream, due to a little pressure from owner.
Continuation of homeopathic remedies were administered orally, for severe weakness, oedema and anemia including remedies for emotional support, frustrated and bored and I was afraid he may give up the fight, their were days when he just didn't want to stand up in the mornings. I also suggested to owner (who spent all day and every day with the horse) to take him out side as often as possible, allot of restrictions though, as still on IV and and were worried about stomach splitting open.
But it really did help this horse keep his sanity as he did pick up a little being outside in the sun with a little walk.

21st Day - Ask if the Murdoch Vets could administer injectable Vit C for fast action, but my request was declined.

22nd Day - Brought my own Vitamin C with me, which was powder form, after a bit of thought by one of the Vets, he finally agreed we could use this natural product, so we gave the horse 4 tablespoons of (Sodium Ascorbate) which was given by a syringe orally, spread out through out the day.

23rd Day - Another blood test was taken and platelets had gone up double, to what they were the previous days. The Vitamin C heals blood vessels, can also increase Iron absorption as much as by 30 percent. His energy level and well-being changed dramatically, signs of making a recovery came quickly from then onwards. The only problem that still exists is signs of hernia. He was given a very large bandage for supporting his stomach.

For healing scare tissue and skin is now orally having a high doses of Vitamin C, Chelated Zinc and Wheat Germ Oil (Vit E). High doses of Zinc can interrupt other minerals like Copper, so we continued giving him the Dandelion herbal extract, which has copper and other vitamins and minerals along with fenugreek and alfalfa extracts.

Because of the horse’s unique metabolism, he only needed 20 drops 2 x daily.
Continued herbal antibiotic treatment Goldenseal and Echinacea, and provided a all natural powder supplements in his daily meals. Which was very finely chopped Lucerne.

His vital force was beginning to get strong quite quickly in all areas. We had a job in letting the vet okay us to walking the horse out of the box every day we were breaking all rules, I over heard one of the Vets say it was standard procedure that a horse be boxed at all times for min of 6 weeks, but with this horse (who nearly died a couple of times went home on the third week) Thanks to the assistance of medicinal herbs & medicines.
Although two days later the horse was admitted back to the Vet hospital, as there was concern for the hernia/muscle had opened up more. He kept healing very quickly and four days later he was given the all clear and was release to go home again.
I worked on the emotional side of it quite a bit. I think some homeopathic healing did get through even though the vets had been administering lots of chemicals drugs daily.

I found that I needed to double the doses and give more regularly, and lucky for Lincoln, the very dedicated 4th year Vet student who was assisting with Licoln with all his conventional medicines, also understood the power of natural medicines and was keen to follow diligently. I think she carried the Arnica pillules around with her regularly.
It was a great learning experience for all of us. Not to mention the very conventional Veterinary lecturers of Uni Equine Department.

I have been told that this horse Case is being used as a Case Study for other Vet students to learn from ( combing of conventional and complimentary ) Fantastic!

I also believe this is the first time in History for the Veterinarian's at Mudoch University to have allowed Natural/alternative Medicines to be used and administered on their premises.

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Dear Diana,

This is just a note to tell you how wonderful it is to have 'Frisky' back as a proper dog, lively and joyful, who does doggy things, rather than the little bundle of frightened misery she was. It took patience and many weeks to nurse her back to health and if I had not found you with your special knowledge, she would surely have died.

THANKS A MILLION.

Best wishes.
Verena Perth WA

I received a phone call from a lady from Yanchep, that needed help with some horses that had collapsed after a few weeks of ingesting the weed. Owners and Vets were injecting B1 Vitamins and other drugs with no improvement. A number of Horses had already been destroyed. The Local Vets and Murdoch Uni Vets had no answers and are now suggesting all horses to be put down if any more in future are suspected of eating this weed with the obvious symptoms displayed.

I did a Kineseology test for each her horse, and made up the appropriate herbs that came up.
I promptly made up the two 50ml bottles of herbal liquid extract were sent to each horse below:

‘Dolly’s treatment consisted of Milk thistle and  Hawthorn Berries liquid extract 1:3 Dosage: 6 drops 2 x daily in a piece of carrot.

‘Sunny’s” treatment consisted of Yellow Dock, Alfalfa, Marshmallow Root liquid extracts.    At 6 drops 2 x daily in piece of carrot.

Both horse picked up quickly.
Within a week both walking again and breathing back to normal.

These two horse were they only two that survived, despite various attempts by conventional Vets locally and Murdoch Uni.
Autopsy done out at Murdoch Uni on the Horses that died of African Onion Weed poisoning were found to be severely deficient in Potassium and B1.

Dear Diana
I just wanted to give you a quick update on Jess from time to time to keep you informed of his progress with the herbs etc. There is no need to send a reply back, and please feel free to pass on any of this that might help someone else with similar problems.
Jess has already shown an improvement after only 24 hours. He had the herbs twice yesterday, and I applied the external preparation to his bad leg in the evening before bed, and covered it with a bandage. When I removed the bandage this morning, it became obvious that Jess's leg must have been quite swollen, as it is now thinner and not so misshapen,and looks closer in appearance to the other leg.
He is not limping today yet, but is just slightly dragging his paw when he walks, which you can hear more than actually see. This has given me a great deal of hope for Jess that things can be made better for him. I'll keep you posted on any developments.
I've also told a neighbor of my Mother-in Law about you, who has a very ill looking horse that is about 15 years old that almost seemed to be asking someone to help her. She is covered in tumors (some cancerous) and is pathetically thin. I think this woman will contact you - if it's not too late -, and I've given her some of your recipes which are suitable for horses eg Lucerne tea etc.
Cheers Liz - VIC

Dear Diana
Jess is continuing to improve.   He seems to go in bursts.   He showed improvement the day after he started on the herbs, then seemed to stay the same for a few days, although he maintained the gains he had made. On Sunday, it was very hot, (around 38 deg.) and that seemed to drain him a lot, and his leg looked slightly worse, but still not as bad as it was, I gave him some Rescue Remedy and that helped a lot.
Today (Tuesday) his leg is very much improved, and both legs actually look much straighter (both legs seemed to have a tendency to be slightly bowed, although only the right one was badly twisted . I am actually looking at him now, and I can't get over the change, he actually is standing almost completely square.   He still shows a bit of stiffness in his hind legs, - especially after lying down for a while.
He doesn't limp, just his movement seems a bit stilted when viewed from behind, but I'm sure it is only a matter of time until there is some improvement in that also. I am continuing with the Optimum Diet (of course) and all the animals look a "million dollars".
The 2 cats (Himalayan/Persian) seem to have just about no mats in their fur any more, and I have not seen a single flea on any of my animals. Last year we had a plague of them, and were almost driven crazy, so I think it proves the theory that healthy animals don't get fleas.
I'll keep you informed on any new developments .
Thanks again Diana.
Kind Regards
Liz    - Victoria

Progress report, 5 months later after assisting Tiny On-Line healing program, using ALL natural medicines AND change of diet to a natural raw food diet!

Hello Diana,
Tinys' condition has made excellent progress. There is no apparent sign of tumor left.
What would you suggest she continues with, in regards to her natural medication & special diet.
Should she remain on any of these?
Regards

Received Email from Judi on (USA) : 23.1.98
Today I got all the proper diet to start him off and the rest of the recommended
remedies. Just some more questions about dosages .....................

Received Email from Judi (USA) on : 3.2.98.
I have weaned 'Rudi''s off all his previous drug medications as of January 29th.
He is doing wonderfully, he has had no seizures to date and the change in his behavior & attitude is
remarkable.
He is more aware of his surroundings and wants to participate in whatever is going on.
His PU/PD has normalized. He sleeps through the night most of the time.
If I hadn't accidentally of found you, I would not have imagined there was anything else I could do for Rudi, and I had reached a turning point in his life that was pointing to euthanasia.
The boss is very impressed with Rudi's progress & even said he may go to a holistic seminar meeting this weekend. He is the owner of the practice & the only one I had not convinced that the holistic approach works.
The other 2 vets have been very supportive & interested in Rudi's progress.
Thank you so very much, you are a very special person, and for all the time you have given us.

Judy Esola of Hillsadale. New Jersey.
USA. ( email address: jesola7977@aol.com )

Follow up - One Year Later
Feb 1999 - Email from Judi (USA) Rudi - Seizure Dog

Hi Diana,
It has been a long time since I talked to you.   My life has gone in so many directions since we last wrote. Rudi went 10 months without a seizure.
Then I got careless. I changed dog food, I thought I was being careful with no preservatives, but the #1 ingredient was corn.
Of course it took 6 or more weeks for him to fall apart, but he fell big time.
I also changed his vitamins around to spray vitamins with are good for normal circumstances, but Rudi needs more.
Well, he started his f first major seizure 10/30/98 - the worst I have ever seen.    He actually turned on us when he awoke. No one got hurt, but it was scary.
I immediately knew what had happened & have been trying to reverse everything since.
We are doing much better, but not there yet. I put him back on the raw meat diet, went back to the vitamin regimen that worked before, but have not used the homeopathic remedies as I wasn't sure if I should.
Today he had another seizure, but it was like the ones he used to have with just the head shaking.
This is a great improvement over the past couple months.
His skin & hair fell out almost completely from the corn - he is highly allergic to yeast & corn.
I knew about yeast, but not the corn, I forgot to re read the program sheet you emailed to me 12 months ago, stating that corn is one product that many dogs have a allergy reaction to.    Since then I have found out that the majority of commercial dog biscuits are made up with mainly wheat and corn as the main food substance!
Unfortunately, Rudi paid dearly for my mistakes. He is doing much better now and his coat is starting to grow and we even have a little shine coming back.
Anyway, I think of you often and wonder how you are.
It took me awhile to find you and my computer has been not working right for the past 2-3 months, so I couldn't write you about my dilemma.
Hopefully you have been doing great yourself.
We had a horse with founder shipped to our barn. If we couldn't help her, they were going to put her down.
We got a recovery in 6 weeks with vitamins, minerals, homeopathic remedies and magnets.
I have really missed writing back & forth to you. I hope all is well and you are healthy also. Hoping you will have time to let me know you got this mail.

My horse is a 'A' grade show jumper in Western Australia. Over the last year I have had a problem in showing him. He has broken down on various events and was in a terrible state, I changed his diet a couple of times through recommendation, as well as trying different medication and this had made him 'over jump' when jumping, which was not good either!
I had quite a few blood tests done by our local vet, and nothing showed up in the form of disease or degenerative problems etc. .... Although blood reports showed him to be very anemic.

After having a consultation by letter and phone with Diana. I was told about his anxiety to perform and be the best! inwhich now I know I have to help him relax and talked to him alot more, along with this information I was also sent, herbal and homeopathy treatment drops, with recommended change his diet, with the suggested add natural food supplements.

Within a week of starting this natural therapy the changes where amazing, his personality changed and was so much more relaxed. Infact he was so well that I started to train and jump him again, he had another mild relapse within that week I started jumping again, and I realize that I was pushing him before his was fully ready

- The following day, Diana rang back, and stressed how important it is to allow him to have a few months break while he is getting well, which I originally said I was doing anyway ...... It was hard not to jump him!

It has been 3 months since then, he is back to being a well horse again, jumping well again !,

I really thought he had finished his jumping days, and was going to sell him, fortunately I got the right
help at the right time, and so know, we can continue jumping, thanks to Diana.
- Leonie

I'd like to thankyou for the help you've given us in regards to Patch's(dog) allergies. You've done more for us in the last few days than other have in the last two years! Were very impressed with the quality of your service and the prompt delivery of the treatments. I've enclosed a photo of Patch and Cleo, my cat, so you can see at least what the terror looks like! Again, thankyou for going out of your way for us, it is definitely appreciated. Roweina