We had to put the lavage system back into her eye. Even thought her eye looks terrible, it is healing. She had such bad corneal ulcers and we had such a hard time getting the medicine into her eye that this is just going to be easier. The wonderful horse ophthalmologist came out and took very good care of us. He was able to get everything all taken care of and reassured us. Now we have all the little medicines in a row and can get the stuff in her eye through the little line instead of trying to cram a metal tube of ointment into her very sore eye. She is still eating like a pig and drinking well. Her ear is a little bit off and her bottom lip is still a little bit droopy but she looks good and is gaining the weight back from her hospital stay. They fed her but she wasn't able to eat very well so she lost some weight.
When I get to the end of this blog, someday, I will try to recount some of the things that now lead me to know that she was showing me signs for quite a while. She did little things that were not really "stand-outs" but now mean something. I will hold back on these signs and such until the end because I don't want you to think that just because you horse does one of these little things, it isn't necessarily a definite sign that something is wrong.
Good night for now.
It sounds like it will be less traumatic for everyone. Still praying feverently for y'all. Keep the faith. Look for butterflies and frogs. Peace!
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