I was suposed to go to my very first hunter pace on Saturday! I was so excited; it was Halloween themed so I had purchased a bunch of stuff to dress up Sonny and I as bumble bees! My new saddle, pad, and shims were here and everything was working out perfectly!
Friday night (around 6 P.M.) I was giving Sonny a bath and noticed my friend's horse, the horse that was going to the hunter pace with me, looked colic-y. After about twenty minutes of him laying down, I decided that he was in fact colicing and called out the owner and the barn manager.
LONG (emphasis on the 'long') story short, we found out from the vet that there was gas in his small intestine which means something was blocking it there since there isn't supposed to be anything in the small intestine. There was not a whole lot we could do but surgery. The owner couldn't afford surgery, so we tried some not-so-promising methods. When the vet left around midnight, she said he had less than a 20% of surviving. Around 3 A.M. we decided he was not getting any better (actually getting much worse) and it would be the best for the horse to have the vet back out and put him down.
Immediately after we called the vet the horse farted! That meant the gas was moving through his body! After about an hour of nothing but farts, he was doing much, much better. The vet cannot believe that he is still alive. He is currently doing well, pooping and all the normal stuff. He can eat only small amounts for now but can have grain again Tuesday. Lets hope that he continues to improve!
Needless to say, the hunter pace was out of question. Stephen and I didn't even leave the barn until 5 A.M. Saturday morning! Talk about a long night! Then I spent the rest of my weekend working and writing a paper. Fun, right? Not.
I was planning on posting some great hunter pace pictures today, so it is a bummer than I don't have any!
All I have is a photo showing off how skinny/in shape Sonny looked yesterday. Nice, huh?
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