A Sad Day

I have posted a couple of times about my daughter Lindsey and the appaloosa she is training, Junior. He got sick on Monday, they had the vet out, he was not better by morning, Lindsey spent most of Tuesday with him and his owner Billie, took them to the vet in our trailer, no diagnosis pending test results but sent them home with IV fluids as he was dehydrated, so Lindsey stayed with them and handled that. By 9pm Junior was worse so they called the vet again, he referred them to Southwest Equine Hospital in Scottsdale (the other side of this HUGE metropolitan area) and Lindsey took Billie and Junior there about 10pm. At 3am she came into my room sobbing, long story short they ruled out some things but could not pinpoint and the only choices were exploratory surgery to the tune of ten grand, which he "probably" wouldn't even survive, or euthanasia. Billie relieved him of his suffering but it's an awful choice to be forced to make.

Junior was only 4 and Lindsey felt he had a lot of potential as a reiner or cow horse. She got quite attached to him during training and this has been a horrible blow to both her and Billie. It also brought back to me how it felt to lose Justice, as the circumstances were similar and even the vet and the hospital were the same.

Anyway prayers and comforting thoughts sent our way would be greatly appreciated right now!