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Friday Jayden and I spent the day at the ISU vet school. We were prepared for a long day with three horses in tow. We took Tiny to have him castrated. The vets let us go back and watch. That was more than i cared to see. Eagle had x-rays and lameness exams and got injections into his navicular joint. They suggested he have an MRI that starts at $2,000. That was not going to be an option. We like Eagle, he is a big gentle guy and great as a lesson horse. We just want him to be ride able and usable again. He has been very lame for a month now. Ace is the challenge. He has some strange behaviors and Jayden is determined to find the cause. He acts up at the gate when she runs, he has been blowing barrels, and he stands spread out like something is painful. The vets ran a lot of tests, lameness exam, stress test, palpated his kidneys and drew blood. They wanted to do an MRI on him too. We said no. He is a mystery. Jayden is willing to do whatever it takes to get him better. He is a wonderful horse and can put together an amazing barrel run when he is on. The trouble is, he has been off run after run. She gave him a full 2 weeks off. We were at the vet 9 to 5. When it came time to pay, we were told that $200 of our bill had been paid for by an anonymous person. Shock and awe at the kindness of a total stranger. Jayden realized it was a person on her barrel horse world website.
Saturday was a relaxing day, nobody had to be anywhere. I was happy to stay in on such hot days, highs up to 90 with humidity. We thought it would be a nice night to go out with friends, everyone was busy. We thought about a movie, nothing good was playing, so we settled on going out to eat. Sunday our church had a lunch at the park following the church service. Burgers were grilled and food was shared. The kids had a pool party in Fort Dodge for the Webster County 4H kids. Today was a sad day as Larry Ferrari passed away. He had been sick all last week and just moved to a care center. Last night he was taken back to the hospital and he became septic. It wasnt but 15 minutes after Karen had passed the news on about his condition when she called back to say he had passed away.

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