Jackson’s EPM Treatment & Recovery

When you know something’s not right, listen to that intuition. It was hard to pinpoint but I knew something was not right, so I took Jackson to Steinbeck…

On Thursday, his blood tests and CSF (spinal tap) results came back testing positive for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM).

A bit about EPM - https://aaep.org/horsehealth/epm-understanding-debilitating-disease 

The only option is to treat it, and hope for the best.

I usually would not ask for help, but Jackson is the peanut buttery to my jelly, I want to do everything I can to treat him and give him the best chance at recovery. And I cannot do it alone.

The testing was expensive, and the treatment is going to be expensive... especially since we’re on the protocol for round one of treatment, a retest, and second round.

...we will be treating with Marquis.
Each round of treatment medication will be roughly $1500.

(The hospital visits for testing and diagnostic work are nearing 3k.)

please help me help my heart horse - he’smore than just a horse to me, and to many.