A very sad day for Team Charlimouse. RIP Millie & a question about a horrid situation

So so sorry to hear this :(

How terrible for you :(
Can't begin to imagine how you must be feeling :(
Reminds us not to take our beautiful horses for granted. How terribly sad.

You have 2 gorgeous young horses there, I'm sure she'll live on through them.

Sending massive hugs your way.
 
Thanks once more for all the support. I can't believe how many people have taken the time to read my post and reply so kindly. It is truely heartwarming.

Had the results of Millie's PM back. It found her diaphragm had ruptured, so there was absolutely nothing anybody could have done and the vet has assured us she will literally have dropped dead where she stood. There is no reason the vet could find as to why this had happened, although there is a possibility she already had a diaphragmatic hernia, either due to foaling, or she may have been born with it.

So at least we know she died quickly, with a belly full of food happily grazing the the field. It also puts my mind at rest that it was nothing I did, or that I missed any symptoms, as there would have been no signs at all.

Stella is coping. She is still subdued and was trying to suckle from Celeste this afternoon, but she will get there in time.

Many thanks once more.
 
Thats really sad. So sorry for your loss. :( And glad that the post mortem showed that it would have been quick and unpreventable. Its a small comfort at least.

Poor Stella, hope she takes some comfort from the other horses and perks up soon.
 
Only just caught up with this - though not quite sure how I managed to miss it! My sympathies are with you. What a horrible thing to have happen. The foal will be fine in time - animals are lucky enough to be unable to look back and think 'heck, I miss my mum' (as far as we know...). I have seen it happen once before, to a gelding, but as in that case, I can only imagine it was just one of those devastating freak things. At least you now know that nothing you did or didn't do could have changed anything.
 
Terribly sad :(
Small comfort but a few years ago I was leading a livery horse down to the yard and he dropped dead in his tracks. Strapping 9yo gelding. PM shows similar to yours - internal rupture, instant toxic shock. Never seen anything natural cause such an instant death. She won't have had a clue. The filly will be ok, I promise. She will have been able to sniff her mother after the death and she will bounce back with her siblings. Now comes the challenge not to spoil her too much as the mare's memory lives on. xxx
 
I am so so sorry for your loss. What an awful shock :( She sounds like a one-in-a-million horse and she will live on through her daughters. Thinking of you and your mum.
 
So sorry for your loss, RIP Millie, she sounds like she had an amazing second chance life with you, and it sounds like you have many memories to comfort you, as well as two gorgeous babies to carry on her legacy.
 
Hope the PM puts your mind at rest, nothing you could have done or changed, and she didn't suffer.

I've just noticed the celestial theme you have going for your foals, two little stars!
 
So sorry to hear this, its heart wrenching to read, let alone go thru. I hope Stella & Celeste are ok, Stella in particular. I would echo D&H Suregrow and keeping her in at nights. Milk replacement pellets might be worth a try too, silly as it sounds they have a very comforting smell as well as all the necessary goodness..I'm sure they too were D&H - used to use them for John Dunlops show hunter babies from weaning and some till they matured with excellent results, tho the circumstances were obviously different. I would try to keep her with something of her own age or younger(same size/smaller)..simply so you don't have any horrible kick accidents to contend with if she plays -even a cheap & chearful native/new forest type or something petite..I'm sure you will have no worries finding anything in the current climate.Little Welsh A filly would suit too..Hugs to all & keep us posted with little Stellas progress.Sweet dreams Millie x
 
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