All is well though- or well enough for the moment.
We tried two short walk-to-the-grass sessions for 5 to 10 minutes of grazing. The morning session went well. Tonight started with a careful walk to the grass, which went fine. His hind end seemed to try to buckle under him twice. The first time I kinda thought he was trying to snap a hind leg up towards his belly to kick at a fly. (He wasn't - upon further observation, it is apparent he is not quite strong or stable enough yet to do that move.) The second time it was obvious, so we slowly and carefully made our way back to his stall. Bunz was not impressed, as the grass was tasting quite lovely, but.... the thought of him falling out there and doing more damage to already stressed and weakened joints was more than I could handle today.
Tomorrow is another day.
And there will be a Thankful Thursday post, composed primarily of today's pictures.
I have also been thinking about what we have learned from this, and how could this situation help others? There is a post brewing. Upon completion, it will make it's way here, in hopes of helping someone else and their horse in any way we can.
Meantime, keep the prayers, jingles, and good wishes coming. They are WORKING, as overall the Bunz Man is really doing better than we had hoped for. The emails and comments have been a huge spirit lifter for me, and there is no way to express how much it means. There sure are a lot of good folks in the world and it sure seems like the equi-blogosphere has formed a great group!
Happy Hoofin' Y'all. Pictures tomorrow, to compare hock sizes!
~MM
PS- Mikey says she will paint her helmet Hot Pink, and has PROMISED to wear it. Soooo do we need to send WADE a care package instead? Like... Oh, I dunno.. some hot pink duct tape to keep Mikey in line? (Pssst- Mikey-- don't kill me!! hehehe)
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We are burning candles over here for Sonny - well we have to blow them out at night cuz of the fire hazard and my kids are totally paranoid about fire and I don't really know why,its not like we had a fire, but brother in law did so maybe its that, I don't know, but it's the thought...
wait. am I rambling? time for bed...
Sonny - get better soon! :)
Glad to hear Big Red is showing signs of improvements... you KNOW I'm pulling for him! :)
As for Wade, we need to add liniment to that care package. I have a feeling that even though she was out of it that Mikey packed a heckuva wallop!
Our present to Wade could be some hot pink undies from Vickie's Secret for Mikey to replace her bloodied ones ;-)
Very glad to hear Sonny is showing some improvement.
Ha ha! I like Leah's idea. Bunz is healing. I can feel it. He'll be better soon. Poor puppy. (I call boy horses puppies and girl horses bunnies.)
you guys are constantly in my thoughts. I'm so glad to hear that things are slowly progressing.
(((((HUGS))))) for you and for Sonny Bunz :)
~Lisa
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