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Emergency Care and Initial Response

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There was nothing we could do for Little Frankie the goat… Thanks for your prayers

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What happens here

After finding Frankie, the family brought him to the house in a critical state; he was covered in mud, in shock, convulsing, and seemed near death. They immediately cleaned him up, wrapped him in warm blankets, and started administering sugar water, as they didn't have commercial electrolytes or sports drinks available. Later, they went to Tractor Supply to acquire milk and several types of electrolytes for continued treatment.

Goal: Detail the baby goat's condition and the family's immediate treatment efforts.

Tools and materials

  • Warm blankets — Providing warmth and comfort to the goat in shock
  • Electrolytes Tractor Supply — Restoring fluid and electrolyte balance in the goat
  • Milk Tractor Supply — Nutritional support and rehydration after purchasing from a store
  • Sugar water Homemade — Initial rehydration and energy boost before commercial products were available

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yesterday morning so we brought him back to the house and we cleaned him up real good he was covered in mud his face had been down in the mud and he was in shock he his eyes were kind of swirling around he was kind of convulsing a little bit and I don't know that he wasn't he was on the way out he was dying and we tried to we try to do our best can everybody hear me okay just say yes I can hear you if you're not having any trouble there yes okay thank you mr. Hughes so anyhow the story goes on with the goat we got him home we cleaned him up really good and we started hitting them with warm blankets and a little bit of sugar water we didn't have electrolytes or anything here at the house or Gatorade or anything like that so we hit him with some sugar water to get him through then we ran over to tractor supply and got milk electrolytes two or three different types of electrolytes so that we could get him nice and rehydrated and about

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