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Joker Recovery

Joker's recovery was taking so long. We began to wonder if he would ever fully recovery, and if he would have life long complications. Jayden went to see Joker a couple times. It made her happy and sad at the same time. The vet was very patient with Joker, trying to come up with the best care for him. He had been there for weeks. I even  spoke to the vet on the phone and suggested he speak to an ISU vet that knows Joker. He liked that idea and reached out to them along with OSU vets. He tried different antibiotics and was getting injections 4 times a day. Some were in the muscle, some in the vein, the poor horse. He was a trooper through it all and the vet said he was great considering. Eventually the vet came up with a plan. He wanted Jayden to take Joker to a bigger hospital where they would scope him and inject antibiotics up into his guttural pouch where he had the abscesses. Jayden was willing to do whatever it took to see her big guy get better. She did exactly that. She couldn't find one available person to tag along with her that day, so she made the journey herself. She drove west to Buffalo an hour and a half to get Joker, then 3 hours to Oklahoma city to the vet for the procedure, then all that way back to Buffalo. It was quite a drive for her. On the way back through Alva she had a random football player jump in and make the drive to the vet and back with her. She was so glad to have a passenger and enjoyed the conversation.
After returning from Florida, Jayden's vet called to to let Jayden know Joker was ready to go home! What wonderful news and answer to prayer.

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