andreo
Well-Known Member
Just back from a break visiting my parents and after moving yards last week, giving my 4yr old Reo two weeks off with everything going on, then getting straight on him and taking him to the new outdoor school in the dusk where he worriedly did as I asked and worked with only a few baby calls to his friend his wonderful attitude has led me to reflect on the year. 2009 was going to be a very special year as I was awaiting our first foal from my Novice event mare that I had started at intro after getting from Holland with little experience. I had been so excited as this foal was going to be my next event horse out of Future Illusion.
Some of you may remember though that my nightmare started 4 weeks before Sorenna was due to foal when she developed metritis laminitis. She had it in the most severe form and both back feet foundered, and I was told she would need to be put down and we would lose them both. My stud vet wasnt giving up so easy though and day by day we aimed to keep her pain free and get her to two weeks before her foaling date to see if we could save the foal. As she had lost her mucus plug we knew she could deliver anytime but the yard where I kept her and the other liveries were fantastic and she was monitered 24hrs a day, whilst my husband frantically drove the country collecting collostrum as she had not bagged up. We acheived the impossible and got her to the two weeks, then another two days but foal was happy staying put, the day came and I could no longer control her pain so I had to make the decision along with my vet to induce her, and at 5pm "Patience" was born. After being tube fed and getting on her feet we had hope, but at 5am she slipped away peacefully as she just wasn't ready yet to come into our world. My nightmare continued when at 7pm that night I had to accept there was nothing else I could do for Soreena and so I had her PTS.
My friend was gone and so was my new dreams and for a few weeks I was lost. 2009 has been a year I will be glad to say goodbye to but because of this tragedy I found Reo. A 4yr old warm blood, just broken and from a dealing yard I was unfamiliar with. He seemed too good to be true, but I had nothing to lose and so took a chance. That was at the end of July. He is my angel and everyday brings a smile to my face with his wonderful loving attitude that I sometimes take for granted with the questions I ask of him. I often will go to sleep at night thinking of Sorenna & Patience and what might have been, and it is then that I remember what a new wonderful friend that has come into my life "Reo".
I would like to thank everyone that helped me through this tragedy, and ask everyone else if you see me when I start to event him or take him out to please understand why I seem like one of those riders/owners whose horse is a perfect angel even when this may not be true
Some of you may remember though that my nightmare started 4 weeks before Sorenna was due to foal when she developed metritis laminitis. She had it in the most severe form and both back feet foundered, and I was told she would need to be put down and we would lose them both. My stud vet wasnt giving up so easy though and day by day we aimed to keep her pain free and get her to two weeks before her foaling date to see if we could save the foal. As she had lost her mucus plug we knew she could deliver anytime but the yard where I kept her and the other liveries were fantastic and she was monitered 24hrs a day, whilst my husband frantically drove the country collecting collostrum as she had not bagged up. We acheived the impossible and got her to the two weeks, then another two days but foal was happy staying put, the day came and I could no longer control her pain so I had to make the decision along with my vet to induce her, and at 5pm "Patience" was born. After being tube fed and getting on her feet we had hope, but at 5am she slipped away peacefully as she just wasn't ready yet to come into our world. My nightmare continued when at 7pm that night I had to accept there was nothing else I could do for Soreena and so I had her PTS.
My friend was gone and so was my new dreams and for a few weeks I was lost. 2009 has been a year I will be glad to say goodbye to but because of this tragedy I found Reo. A 4yr old warm blood, just broken and from a dealing yard I was unfamiliar with. He seemed too good to be true, but I had nothing to lose and so took a chance. That was at the end of July. He is my angel and everyday brings a smile to my face with his wonderful loving attitude that I sometimes take for granted with the questions I ask of him. I often will go to sleep at night thinking of Sorenna & Patience and what might have been, and it is then that I remember what a new wonderful friend that has come into my life "Reo".
I would like to thank everyone that helped me through this tragedy, and ask everyone else if you see me when I start to event him or take him out to please understand why I seem like one of those riders/owners whose horse is a perfect angel even when this may not be true
