Kat Kaelin, Willow, Talia, Sherry, Sloane, Cal and Betsy - Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making today so much less awful than it could have been. I owe you more than I could ever pay back, but I will try. Were home, and Im in bed. River got caught in a fence this morning, and tore himself up BADLY. We headed out immediately, of course, upon hearing the news. When I got there, and washed off the worst of the wounds, I was sure he had severed tendons, and that this day was going to end in euthanasia. The cuts were soooooo deep, and he was in a lot of pain. After 8 hours, and an emergency vet visit, and every single apple in the whole entire world, and all of the sweet, lush pasture grass I could find to feed to my carrot-faced boy horse, it was determined that he will be okay with antibiotics, gentle wrapping, and wound ointment, and careful tending. Kat got banged up pretty bad this morning helping River not die, AJ (Willow) stayed up WAY past her bedtime to help us, Talia and Sherry supported us majorly from different parts of the South Sound, Sloane physically sat me down and made me ground and center further than arms reach of River (theres an actual photo of this, with Sloane sitting RIGHT next to me to keep me in a place where I could find some stability), Betsy found doctors (as did Colleen), and Calix networked family stuff and major support from California, and River (the horse) was an absolute wreck, but thank Epona, will live. Until about 10 minutes ago, I was completely covered in his blood. I am considering burning the clothes I was wearing. Literally. Im sick to my stomach with all of the stress, and mensus pain, and too-many-prescription-meds-without-any-food, and the smell of your fur-kids blood that is more distressing and upsetting than the smell of any other creatures or humans blood could possibly be. I am either going to sleep hard from now until I have to get up to get ready for my shift tomorrow at work (thank the goddess also for Safeway who promised they would not punish me for not being able to make it in today, but instead just shifted me to tomorrow), or I am going to be up for hours trying to process today. In any case, let it be known that I love River Spirit way more than is reasonable, and I just about threw up (yes, really) when the vet proclaimed that he would not be dying today. I told Calix this morning that if River died, I would die. I am pretty sure I was right. Annnnnd here come the tears. Im glad that wasnt a hypothesis we tested today.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:05:49 +0000
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