Well I wore denial well for a few days, but on Wednesday I put Megan through some light work and the evidence was more than clear to my eyes. She is definitely compromised. I just have to hope it is EPM and the medicine we have finally found a way to get in her is going to work on healing her.
The key to getting the paste in her a generous helping of molasses. It sure makes a sticky mess, but she jumps right on it when she gets a good whiff of the molasses. She's eating it happily every evening, so that is a positive.
This week I'll get her remaining shoe pulled (she's stepping on herself and yanking her shoes off) and then she'll just get to be a horse of leisure for a while. At the end of the month she's moving to a new farm that Margaret recommended. She'll be out on grass 24/7 just enjoying being a horse. She'll also be joined by a new baby sister. Spot (see pics here: http://www.oneofakindhorse.com/aurorapage.htm) ships in in a week or so. Then I'll have two beautiful girls. A year from now, hopefully I'll have two healthy girls, but in the meantime, Spot will have to fill the role of healthy horse.
It is hard to adjust my thinking from finding a trainer and planning shows in the spring to starting over again with a new baby and tending to Megan's health. It'll all work out in some fashion and hopefully I'll be loaded for bear with a double threat in 2008.
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