Mother Nature's Joke

Well, Mother Nature played a really bad joke on us this last Saturday. On Friday, it was 70 degrees and sunny. A really wonderful day. I bought shrubs at Lowe's for the front yard. Then things changed! All day Saturday it snowed and blowed. The high was in the low 30's. So much for planting shrubs!!  We ended up with about 6 inches or so. Of course, the drifts were more than 12 inches deep. Sunday was a good day, sunny but windy. Since the ground had warmed up before the blizzard, the snow melted pretty fast. Today (Monday), it is supposed to hit 60 degrees with 70 tomorrow. Good-bye snow. Maybe I will get those shrubs in the ground this week. Gary returns to the dr on Wednesday to get the final stitches out of his neck. Hopefully, this time things will hold and he can soon be rid of the feeding tube. I hope for his sake that happens soon as he has lost about 25 pounds over this ordeal. He is doing well otherwise.  All the horses are doing well too. Tessa and Sandy spent some time in the east pen with access to the barn alleyway since they are the ones who seem to get left out of the run in. They are both out today and moving around well. Tessa has her boots on as she just cannot walk without pain barefoot. Those boots have been a real life-saver for her, literally. The farrier has tried everything he knows and those boots were the last resort. I'm so glad they are working for her. I would hate to say good-bye just yet. Happy Spring everyone.

Isn't she the cutest little thing you've ever seen. This is Haley's baby. Born at Beauty's Haven Rescue in Florida.

Pictures by Beauty's Haven.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbe7YR1St3k 

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!!

Well, here comes the 3rd snowfall of this winter. This time, it's big, fluffy flakes. Although I would have perfered sunshine and warm temps, this is pretty. It is supposed to quit this evening. Hmmmm, wonder how many inches we will have before then. Farrier coming this morning to finish doing the equines. Saturday we did 8 horses and 2 donkeys. Today, it's just one horse and 3 donkeys. I will be glad when the sun comes out and dries up the mud. I know mud is part of winter and if you have mud, the temps are mild. So guess it's a trade-off. Although I am very tired of slogging through the mud, it's better than having to put on the heavy, insulated clothes. Soon Spring will be here and things will start to get green. I'm so looking forward to that. All the equines are going well, Tessa still lame on the left front but when the mud dries, we will put her booties back on and that will help I hope.

Gary doing very well. Continuing to heal. He is trying to do some things that he used to and has found out he is a bit weak. No surprise there!! But he too will get better. Thanks for all the prayers. Much love from Hawk's Acres.

www.windingroadequinerescue.blogspot.com/

Here is the correct link to the blog that tells about horses in need.

Thanks

Update

Gary out of ICU and doing well. I haven't been down to see him because of a big ice/snow storm we had Thursday. Makes my job harder but am muddling through.

Now for some not so good news.

3 camp horses waiting on a Ks KB lot for the long, cold trip to death.

Any help is appreciated. $650 needed to bail all 3. They have until Tuesday, February 2. Not long to live is it. They don't know it but they soon will unless help arrives soon.

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Winding Road Equine Rescue blog spot. See link on the left.

Well, guess it's time I updated this silly blog. The 28th of December, Gary had a dilatation of the esophagus with biopies. The cancer has come back in the esophagus. The plans are to do a resection of the esophagus and replace the section removed with a portion of his lower, inside forearm. They will take skin, veins and small arteries from his arm and rebuild the esophagus. This will be a very long surgery 6-8 hours at least and involve micro-surgery to attach the veins/arteries/skin to the esophagus. They will then stretch the remaining vessels in his arm and reattach them. A skin graft from his thigh will be placed over the wound in the arm. He will be in the hospital for 8-14 days. This all will happen next Monday (25th). Lots of prayers are going up for Gary to get well soon.

He has been working hard to get things done around here. The yard fence is done now. We have extra small bales of hay and will stock up on feed for the horses/donks/goats/cats/dogs this week.

As the time of surgery draws near, our dread and anxiety is increasing. I'm not looking forward to the long sit in the hospital waiting for word from the doctors. He is not looking forward to the long healing time. By the time he is well enough to be outside, it will almost be Spring. At least the deck is done now and he may be able to sit out there and look at the horses and donkeys. He loves them so.

I'll try to keep this updated a little better once the surgery is over.

WILL THE STUPIDITY EVER END AT THE BLM?

http://www.idablog.org/featured/update-on-orphaned-foal/

I so mad I could spit!!! The round ups need to stop and stop NOW!!!!