MY "ALFALFA DAY"

If you've read Jennifer's blog [and mine] you know that we both had a bad day this week.  Saturday started out very good--new baby, beautiful day, etc.  I went out to check on the mares and found one down, seemingly caught in the fence.  Thank goodness our farm help was close by and helped me. Ed was at work; Shelly was in Liberty and said he would come as fast as he could.  He could tell that something was wrong and we got Dr. Pat out.  He thought she was colicing (?) and gave her a shot.  We moved her to the front pasture and watched her for a while.  Shelly gave her another shot and went after some more medicine while I walked her for an hour to keep her up.  It was very obvious she was in pain.  This morning things were not good.  I called Shelly and he said Pat was on his way.  We all gathered at the barn and I got the bad news.  We had to put her down.  "Lady" was one of two mares that we had gotten several years ago.  She wasn't my favorite at the time but she was a good mother and I was anxiously waiting for her baby to be born.  Yes, Jennifer, we're having "Alfalfa Days" but they're going to be OK!