Whew! Finally got caught up. It's been a busy last few days. Ended the old year on a very sad note. Youngest daughter's beloved horse suddenly died. Daughter was devastated, and sat for hours in the cold with the horse's head in her lap. Horse had been having some sort of problem ever since we got her - she just refused to put on weight, no matter how much we fed her. We sent three of our horses, including the daughter's, to a neighbor's when the storm hit Christmas Eve. They had a nice big barn. Daughter's horse was fine until Thursday morning. When the neighbors when out to feed the horses, daughter's horse was down, and apparently had been for a while. They called daughter for help, and after she got there were able to get the mare on her feet. Daughter called the vet, and he demanded $500 in cash up front to come out and look at the horse. Unfortunately, daughter didn't have that kind of money. She called a different vet, who couldn't come out, but did tell her to come to the office and pick up some meds for the colic she apparently had. The horse was up and eating and drinking. Daughter injected her with the antibiotics and pain meds the vet gave her at about 4:30pm. All seemed to be fine until the mare suddenly went down again about 6:30 and never got up again.
Poor kid (even if she is 27!). She is still grieving...
So are her kids. It's had to tell little kids that death is part of life - especially on a farm. It's even harder to tell them to buck up and not cry when their mother is crying her eyes out...
Oh well, I guess this too shall pass? I think I have her jollied into looking around for another horse when she gets her income tax refund. Hopefully, she won't buy another one just because she feels sorry for it!
I think I'm going to go watch the Alamo Bowl now. The Cotton Bowl was a big disappointment...
