Time to Quit?

I went up to the barn just as the sun was starting to light up the trees to put Tatiana and her filly out into the field. The filly is just a day old and it is her first time outside. 

Rosalie was put in with Lily this morning then Irish taken out of the indoor arena and put in with Tatiana. These two are best friends. The sunlight was just starting to hit the field by the time I got Irish out.

Such beauty it needed to be video'd

Irish isn't due until May 5th but it was only 32 degrees this morning so was kept inside.  Since we didn't have a lot of mail at Berean Diane stayed with mom and I went by myself. We had a smaller crew but with such little work were easily able to get it done. We only had 13 Bible request. I only thought to take a couple pictures. Not pictured were Bruce and Shirley.

Kathy made the desserts today and both were delicious. She served the coffee cake warm and that sugar crumbly top was amazing. 

The cookies were also great. of course we each had to try both.

I dropped off the Bibles at the Hanna City post office only to realize the studies to be mailed out where not in the box. Marvin was sent a text to see if he would pick them up and mail them out as he lives closer. The truck had an appointment at East Peoria Tire to get the oil changed at 3:00 pm so at 2:15 pm I took the golf cart up to the truck to find Berlica hard at work.

 She has been hired to pull weeds in the round pen and also be my legs for a while until this hip gets fixed.  She was still here working when I got home. Rhoda was here to work on the barn so helped with Denise's mare Jewel who was here to be bred to Evan. Tonight she didn't want to be caught but when we did she led well and stood tied perfectly.

Evan did his job quickly then Rhoda took him to let him graze.

We thought all was well until Jewel was put back in her paddock. She laid down and started to quiver and was in obvious pain.  She was not rolling just laid flat. When she stood back up we thought she was ok but I still called her owner to tell her what was going on. When she got up and started eating I thought she was ok. 

Rhoda went back to work in the barn, I took Berlica home on the golf cart and stopped in to see what Mark had done yesterday (scrubbing the floors)

and what Rhoda was doing today (cleaning the ceilings)

When I got back to check on Jewel, Mike had arrived with Mika and Dancer. Jewel was back to laying down. I drove back down to the house to get banimine and a thermometer. Rhoda helpped get 6 cc's of banimine into her mouth under her tongue but when we tried to take her temp she kicked. The owner was called again to recommend having Dr. Hoerr out. Below is Mike on Mika ponying Dancer. 

Dr. Hoerr agreed to come so I went back to the house to make Mark some dinner and stopped to take a picture of this lone tulip. The only tulip that bloomed after Mark planted 50 bulbs.

I also took a  picture of the blooming redbud tree.

I headed back up to the barn to put Jewel in a stall as the sun was going down.

That didn't work at all, she hated being in a stall so instead I took her to the indoor arena. She settled down there even eating hay. She would grab a bite of hay then carry it to the gate and chew it.

Dr. Hoerr arrived, checked her over. Her heart rate was a little elevated but her gums looked ok. She was sedated but even so kicked out when he went to check her back end so she was given more sedation. 

Her tail was wrapped, she was washed down well and then came the instrument of torture.

He saw a vaginal wall tear. It went through to the abdomen.

That complicates things. The biggest threat to her now is infection in her abdomen. She was given a shot of Banimine for pain then antibiotics of Exceed and of Gentamicin. I was given a bottle of sulfa which will be started tomorrow. Somehow I have to get 30 ccs of sulfa squirted in her mouth once a day for the next 10 days and a shot of 20 ccs of Gentamicin tomorrow. Friday she will need another shot of Exceed. This is a  mare that wouldn't let us open her mouth. Hopefully she will co-operate. Dr. Hoerr left but it took another 20 minutes for her to wake up enough to put her back in the paddock. She needs to be kept quiet for the next two weeks.  I have been in this business for 21 years and this is the first time we have ever dealt with a tear. More and more I'm thinking it must be time to retire breeding outside mares.