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Unucky Horse

 Jayden's 2 year old palomino Colt got its head caught in a door where she boards her horses. The horse pulled back so hard nearly strangling himself. He severely injured his eye among other things. The boarder didn't tell Jayden for a week because he didn't want to bother her by worrying about a horse when she just had a baby. It was day 8 when I went with her to take a look. I told her we needed to get him to a vet ASAP. The next day Noah took him to the vet and it was also the day the boys and Mark arrived. Luke went along to help Noah. After a full week of treatment and assessment, the vet didn't have great news. The eye was in bad shape and the vet put a tube into the eyelid so as to treat the eye with medicine 4 times per day. We also knew that the horse had a droopy ear and droopy lip which caused us to wonder about neurologic problems. The vet confirmed there was nerve damage. The horse's face was paralyzed, he could not close his eyes or even bling. He also had a droopy lip which he could still eat and drink but a lot would fall out. He eats but has little appetite. The options were, one bring the horse home, treat his eye three times per day and take him back for weekly appointments and treatment for a month and see if the nerve damage can heal. Option two was to put the horse down. The options were not good and with Jayden having a new baby and recovering from surgery, she could not take care of the horse. She also spent a lot just this week and treating him for a month there was no guarantee he would improve. After some thought, Jayden came up with a third plan. She and I did not want to put the horse down, and were convinced there had to be another option. Jayden contacted a few different horse owners she knew and asked if anyone would take him, all they had to do was pay his vet bill and give him a chance to see if he would recover. Her trainer that is training Breezy offered to take him. She has all kinds of rehab and therapy equipment, so could give him the best shot at recovering. And he has good bloodlines and a nice start. It was a win win. Yes, Jayden lost money, but keeping him alive and giving him a purpose, is worth it. 

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