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Cow calved last night around 10:30. Calf was very small and weak and mother not very motherly so I put the cow in around midnight, put calf in hotbox to warm up. Put cow in chute to check for a twin and to milk out a feed of colostrum. Uterus felt a little twisted, I had to find my way to the cranial end. After I finished the exam she got a kink in her tail and started pushing. I gave her a shot of oxytocin and put her in a pen. She wouldn't quit pushing so I put her back in the chute and gave her an epidural. That was good for a couple of hours and she started again, now getting several inches of protrusion so I put her in again, gave another epidural, and a modified Buhner Stitch. Couple more hours later she started pushing and either my knot failed or the lace broke. So put her back in, another epidural (starting to wonder how many times you can do that), fixed the stitch, and pumped about 3 1/2 gallons of warm water into the uterus. And gave her 12 cc Metacam. She's still pushing and I'm out of ideas.