Update from Gingerwitch

:( so sorry that this is the outcome.
I can honestly say I know exactly how you're feeling right now, after having been through a very similar situation just last month, it feels like you've lost a whole massive part of yourself.

Don't blame yourself, I hope that you find peace knowing you did everything you could for him, and you were there so much at the end with him - try to remember the good times xx
 
Absolutely devastated to read this.
Gw, you wonderful lady.I have never known an owner so dedicated. You truly are an inspiration to us all. My thoughts have been with you since Tuesday and still are. If he could have spoken I'm sure he would have shouted his love for you from the rooftops. You did your absolute best and more beside and my hat is off to you.
Rip big lad
Massive hugs to you gw at this awful time xxx
 
Oh darling. I am so, so sorry.

In tears here thinking of you all.

Please don't blame yourself. Please. You did everything you could and more.

Hugs and our thoughts are with you and your OH.

Rest in peace beautiful big lad.
 
Love to you.

You did everything you could and gave him years of a safe loving home. No one on here it anywhere else has the right to tell you other wise.

Xxxxxx
 
Oh that's so very, very sad :( You did everything you could for your boy and if he could thank you I'm sure he would. Think of him as being pain free and at peace now. Big hugs to you xx
 
Been following this thread with everyone else, and am very sorry for your loss.

No one could have done more for him, please don't feel guilty for making that final decision it was the greatest act of love you could give him.
 
I'll lend you for a little while
My grandest foal, He said.
For you to love while she's alive
And morn for when she's dead.
It may be one or twenty years,
Or days or months , you see.
But, will you, till I take her back,
Take care of her for me?
She'll bring her charms to gladden you,
And should her stay be brief,
You'll have treasured memories
As solace for your grief.
I cannot promise she will stay,
Since all from earth return.
But, there are lessons taught on earth
I want this foal to learn.
I've looked the wide world over
In my search for teachers true.
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes,
With trust, I have selected you.
Now will you give her your total love?
Nor think the labor vain,
Nor hate Me when I come
To take her back again?
I know you'll give her tenderness
And love will bloom each day.
And for the happiness you've known!
Forever grateful stay.
But should I come and call for her
Much sooner than you'd planned
You'll brave the bitter grief that comes
And someday you'll understand.
For though I'll call her home to Me
This promise to you I do make,
For all the love and care you gave
She'll wait for you, inside Heaven's Gate.

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Dear GW,in so sorry for your loss! You an amazing strong woman and you have him your heart and more,you tried all what you can!RIP Big Lad,run pain free over the Rainbow Bridge!!!xxx
 
I've followed this from the beginning but never responded as anything I could add had already been said.

You did everything you possibly could - and more - for the big lad and this is just the cruellest twist of fate - unbelievable.

I am so, so sorry x
 
I am so very sorry for your loss. Please don't blame yourself, the decisions we have to make when our horses are ill are tough and at times truly heartwrenching. Know that you did the best you could and for the right reasons, try not to dwell on the if's or but's, remember the love you had for your boy- that's why you made the decisions you had to make x x
 
Oh no, I am so so sorry to read this, nothing we can say will change how you feel at the moment GW, but my goddness he was incredibly luck to have you! Rest well Big Lad.

Big hugs GW
 
Christmas Magic: that poem is wonderful - however I'm now sitting here with tears running down my face and people watching me with worried expressions
 
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So sorry for your loss. Do not blame yourself in any way, shape or form. You did your best and beyond.
Christmas Magic, the poem made me cry too, I haven't seen that one before, and, I too, lost my homebred boy earlier this year, to cancer aged 17.
It is still raw,but the words help.Thank you.
 
i am so so sorry GW:( you and the Big lad fought a long hard battle and you went above and beyond in your efforts to help him. RIP Big lad and hugs to you and your OH GW.x
 
I don't usually comment on threads like this but this story has really got to me - life can be so cruel sometimes. I'm so so sorry for you, nobody could have fought longer or harder than you & your boy have. Remember the good times & be proud of how you've loved him.

If I ever come back as a horse I want a mum just like you (hugs)
 
I'm so sorry for your loss. Please be aware you have done as much as you possibly could for him, and I think he will have known and appreciated that.
 
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