Dire

Hard to take a picture of someone who keeps advancing on you.

Yndi's situation is dire. The vet came Monday, the xrays were not so good. I decided to begin stem cell therapy, the stem cells are on order. Probably be here by the end of next week.

It was a case of In for a penny, in for a pound. Yesterday I regretted that decision.

Pain management has been difficult. She received a long term chemical nerve block. Three days later she was in more pain than ever. Finally, after 4 days and another change in medication, there is improvement.

I had called our neighbor who has a backhoe about digging a hole.

My husband has checked the well data and is worried about all the water I'm using to soak hay.

Gratuitous baby goat pics.

Baby Peanut

Baby Peanut

Grendel

Your Specialist in Boring.

This stuff takes a lot of time and is not really the fun part.

Staring into Space

A  Reynaud's person trying to keep warm, taking care of Yndi, hoping she doesn't die, wondering if she should. Staring into space in between, and most of the nights.

Slogging Through Life

One thing after another. Yndi is having a hard and painfull time. I figured out how to get the meds in her. Every 8 hours or so. Its the "or so" that makes my schedule irregular The Isoxsuprine dose has increased, causing rapidly declining supply. I drove an hour to get more, and of course did other things while I was in civilization.

How much time and money is it worth?  I love her. She has dangerous training problems and will be 23 on Beltain. She is bitchy to other horses and must be seperate unless there are acres. My pairs carriage sits unused.

Another usefull pony could be in that place. Hubs would never go for pony #3. Especially with the current vet bill. Do I want her to get better? Do I want her to continue declining to force a decision?

Am I a bad pony mom?

I saw this yesterday.

Better?

Last night when I went to the barn to put goats away and give pellets and electrolytes. Peanut the baby goat and Grendel the mom goat were in with Yndi. They seem to be able to cross fences at will, so this was their choice. Yndi has been too grumpy in the past for Grendel to want to be in her pen.

Last night, Yndi seemed to be moving better. Maybe she is better, maybe the goats buoyed her spirits. Yndi has been both curious and tolerant of Peanut, allowing him to chew her tail and walk between her legs. She has had four foals. She must have been a great mother.

Goat specialize in photobombs.

H and H

Handwalking and hoping. Many of us have been there.

Here is a 2017 picture of Yndi. I haven't taken her picture is a little while. I think I don't want to be taking my last pictures of Yndi. There will probably not be any new pictures until she is out of the woods. This is not life as usual, no matter how Dave likes to pretend.

In the meantime, there are goats. Photobombing goats. Is there any other kind of goat?

Blogger is tricky, moving ad floating pictures, links, and text. Editing in html is a pain. Good thing I can.

How Do You Do It?

Here is a featured blog by someone who looks brave in pictures and a gratuitous pony/goat picture.

Click here: Road to Buck