Weekly blog 4| A Huge setback

Only dead fish go with the flow

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Hey EA! So this post will not be as cheerful or happy as usual. We have some bad news about whimsy. Before I jump to conclusion, let’s talk about my weekend and how it built up to this moment.

It was a normal Saturday, I got to the barn at around 8. I was planning on spending the night at my trainers house, so I had all my stuff.

I tacked up sunny and rode her because she was not being ridden that day and someone else would ride whimsy since her horse is lame.

Here are some videos from our ride:

The next one you are about to see... no hate I know what I did wrong :joy:

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I then rode whimsy... don’t have any videos but she did very good. I untacked her and turned her out. I did stuff around the barn and then went to bed.

The next morning I woke up at about 7 AM. My trainer calls me and tells me that she will make me pancakes, I was very excited because I love pancakes. So about 10 minutes later I decided to look out the window. I saw Whimsy in the field waiting for her breakfast. She was next to her friend name Porsche as usual. About five minutes later I looked out again to see that whimsy was no longer there.

I didn’t think much of it and continue to go get dressed. I was with a few of my friends at the time they got a call from My trainer saying that there was a “emergency” at the barn and she couldn’t cook us pancakes. I would never have thought it would have been whimsy.

One of my friends was ready so she went down to the barn. She comes running back up. “There’s blood everywhere.” My stomach dropped. We did not know what horse was hurt at this pony. We all went down. Yes, there was blood everywhere. We turn the corner to see whimsy. Her leg was open. You could see the bone. She had gotten kicked by another horse who is known to kick. She is the white one who you can see in the video kicking another horse.

I honestly immediately started crying. It was probably the worst cut in the most blood i have ever seen come out of a horse. We called the vet and the vet came to tell us that she needed to take 28SMZ tablets a day for at least 10 days in order to recover from the injury. She will also be on stall rest for at least a month. This is a huge setback for us as, she has just really gotten back into work and regained all of her muscle. When we get her back into work it’s going to be a huge struggle but I’m prepared for it as she is my heart horse, and I love her with every single piece of me. I would never let her go or give up on her as I know that’s what has happened to her many times before.

She is now bundled up in her stall with a pressure bandage on until further notice.

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Thank you for listening. I but be back with another blog next week. Until then, sayonara.

       ~Addy