6.2 for me this morning but not much sleep involved and a lot of anxiety.
Went up to feed my beasties last night about 8pm and the lads are still warring but the pendulum of power seemed to have swung back to Rebel or so it appeared. Unfortunately half an hour later it became clear that MeMe was not happy. Thought she was just unsettled by Reb regaining power as she and Rasc are thick as thieves! Pottered on doing chores but then it started to become obvious that she really wasn't right and she was showing early signs of colic. Got some painkiller into her and walked her around but she got worse and started lying down and getting up repeatedly out in the field and in the stable. Just didn't know where she wanted to be, poor poppet. I lost her Dad to colic and Reb has had a few bouts so my heart was in my mouth! Couldn't ring the vet because I haven't transferred contacts to this rubbish iphone yet (still debating if I am going back to the trusty Motorola) which was at home. Got down home to find I had lost my house keys, so rang my sister to ring the vets for me to find out who was the oncall vet and Ian who has a spare key for my house, which he initially couldn't find.... all the while my levels dropping and having to eat JBs despite mega levels of stress!
🙄 By 9.30pm I managed to speak to my vet who was out dealing with another horse colicking 30 miles away. Followed his additional advice but by then she was going down and rolling and I was really starting to panic. He eventually arrived at 11pm by which time thankfully she had turned the corner and I guess the painkiller I had given her earlier was kicking in, but she was really unsettled by the vet examining her, so I had to let the others in to try to calm her down but Rascal decided that he needed to protect her and started getting uppity and ended up with him and Reb kicking off again and of course MeMe getting even more wound up. Vet thinks it is probably a stress colic from the upset with the lads. Took ages to get Buscopan into her which needs to go into a vein and she was jumping about all over the place, but massively relieved to report that she is all better this morning. Of course I have been up all night checking on her, so my reading above was the 5am alarm rather than a waking reading!
Still to find my bunch of house keys which has to be somewhere out in the field from when I was walking her around, but hoping that in daylight I will see them. The grass is mostly very short so fingers crossed I can spot them.
I will definitely be having a nana nap this afternoon even though I don't qualify!
@Robin... Hope you know what you are letting yourself in for! Horses are such a worry! Really hope your lad has settled in well and you enjoy your hack out later this week.
Congrats to the House Special achievers this morning and the wishful dreamers
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